Hi Pauline:
Netcdf-4 extended model has "enumeration types" for this purpose, if you
dont need to stick with classic model.
see eg:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-c/nc_005fdef_005fenum.html#nc_005fdef_005fenum
John
On 12/7/2011 3:53 AM, Weatherall, Pauline wrote:
> Dear All,
> I am developing a grid file that uses a flag that potentially has up
> to 8000 different meanings (it references the provenance of the data
> populating a given grid cell). Is there any alternative to
> documenting this in flag_value and flag_meaning?'
> Any advise on this would be really helpful.
> Thanks in advance.
> Pauline Weatherall
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