Hi all,

I have a question from Robert Pincus that I don't know that answer to:

Is it ok to use a one-dimensional “string” variable instead of a 
two-dimensional character variable to encode expt_label? This might be asking 
whether it’s ok to use netCDF4, which I certainly hope is the case.

He's defining an array of "labels".

The conventions document states: "NetCDF does not support a character string type, so these must be represented as character arrays."

so my take on this is that a one-dimensional array of "string" variables would not be permitted. In general do we forbid use of any of the new netCDF4 structures? (I guess yes).

thanks,
Karl
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