> Is there a way to store outline information in NetCDF/CF? =
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> I am looking for a way to store e.g. glacier outline, sea ice edge/extent e=
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> in NetCDF. It would simplify data management within heterogeneous systems. =
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> Data can then be dumped to Shapefiles, KML etc upon user request, but for l=
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> term data management purposes they may be stored in NetCDF/CF along with =
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> gridded data, time series, trajectories etc.
There are no CF conventions for storing such outline information, but
the widely used GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) software uses netCDF with
GMT-specific conventions for storing coastal outlines, as line segments
in tiles. For a high-level description see the section "K.3 The long
and winding road" from the GMT Technical Reference and Cookbook by Paul
Wessel and Walter H. F. Smith:
http://tabs2.gerg.tamu.edu/gmt/GMT_Docs/node222.html
--Russ
Received on Tue Nov 29 2011 - 11:20:30 GMT
