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[CF-metadata] Dealing with large numbers of flag values in netcdf cf

From: John Caron <caron>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:15:20 -0600

martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I wonder if anyone can help with this problem:
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> I have a file with a map of index values, ranging from 1 to 827. The
> flag meanings range from ?Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests? to
> ?Zambezian halophytics?. I?m reluctant to combine all 827 flag
> meanings into a single string for the ?flag_meanings? attribute ? is
> there a better way?
>
> Note that this is not my dataset, so that while suggestions for
> presenting the data in a different way may be useful, they won?t solve
> my current problem. The dataset is a eco-region analysis distributed
> by the WWF and has wide usage in its present form.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Martin Juckes
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Hi Martin: Are you trying to make a netCDF-CF version of an existing
dataset? Are you able to use netcdf-4 or do you need to stick with the
"classic model"?
Received on Mon Oct 26 2009 - 17:15:20 GMT

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