Ute, On this page: https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/wiki/PointObservationConventions
It appears that your case *might* be handled by: 9.3.2 Ragged array (contiguous) representation I'm pretty sure that this "ragged_row_count" feature *is* included in NetCDF-Java, but John Caron (cc'd here) could confirm. Please report back to this group if you find success (or perhaps even if you don't!) Thanks, -Rich On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Ute Brönner <[email protected]> wrote: > Jonathan, > thanks for your answer! My troubles were related to shape and dimensions. > I now finally find out that the new approaches of Netcdf 4 are not > implemented in the Java API, yet. > I now use a record dimension which is unlimited and a limited time dimension. > Hope that works, otherwise, I have your address now :-) > > Best regards, > Ute > > Ute Brönner > www.sintef.com/marine_environment > > Consider the environment before printing > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Gregory [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Gregory > Sent: Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2010 19:13 > To: Ute Brönner > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] point observation data in CF 1.4 > > Dear Ute > > You are right, the convention for timeseries of different lengths being > contained in one variable is not yet agreed. Some months ago John Caron, Steve > Hankin and I discussed it at length but did not quite manage to finish it, > unfortunately. So there isn't a CF convention for it at the moment. > >> but I have some trouble in writing the data. > What kind of trouble? > > Best wishes > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > -- Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
