[CF-metadata] Scale and offset in coordinate variables

From: John Caron <caron>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:26:49 -0600

Maarten Plieger wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering whether it is allowed to use scale and offset
> attributes in coordinate variables? Or is this feature only to be used
> with normal variables?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Maarten Plieger
>
Netcdf-Java library does recognize scale/offset on coordinate variables,
but if you are the data writer, better to follow the CF conventions more
strictly if you can, as Jonathon points out.
Received on Mon Jul 20 2009 - 18:26:49 BST