Re: ferret: dimension naming? - nevermind!

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi  -
Yes, Ferret capitalizes names, so when it writes a netCDF file, has 
dimension/axis names of LON, LAT, TIME in it.  Thank you for writing 
back with the answer!

Ansley

Gene-Hua Crystal Ng wrote:

> ignore this question!  I just had the grand realization that the names are
> case sensitive, even though ferret displays everything in all CAPS.
>
> Sorry!
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Gene-Hua Crystal Ng wrote:
>
>  
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is dimension name not the same as axis name?  I am trying to create a
> > netCDF file in which I have dimensions "lon", "lat", and "time".  I
> > thought I was doing this by specifying axes using:
> >
> > yes? def axis/x=1:1:1 lon
> > yes? def axis/y=1:1:1 lat
> > yes? def axis/t=1:100:1 time
> >
> > and then specifying my grids with these, etc....
> >
> > However, I then get an error from nco_inq_dimid() claiming that there does
> > not exist any dimension named 'lon', etc in my file.  But when I look at
> > my data with ferret, it seems that my x, y, and t axes are indeed named
> > 'lon', 'lat', and 'time', respectively.  Is there a distinction between
> > dimension and axis names?  If so, how do I specify the dimension names??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Crystal
> >
> >