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Re: [ferret_users] z axis issue with ferret 6.72??



Hi Sudherr,
This is because of the changes we made to adhere more strictly to the CF conventions, described in the Release Notes for Ferret v6.7.  See item #7 of:
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/release-notes/version-6-7-release-notes

Previously Ferret used the names of coordinate axes, such as the "depth" in these files, to determine the direction of axes, and whether a vertical axis is oriented positive-up or positive-down.  Now we use the attributes in the CF conventions, and also the CF standard name attribute (linked here, http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/).  which requires that a depth axis would have an attribute on the depth axis of

                depth:standard_name= "depth" ;
or
                depth:positive= "down" ;

--Ansley

On 4/26/2012 2:41 AM, Sudheer Joseph wrote:
Dear users,
I have FERRET v6.72 in my laptop and when I tried to fill the Rama buoy temperature (from http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/disdel/frames/main.html) the data came upside down (with respect to z axis). However I defined a fresh axis 
using 
def  axis/z/from_data/depth/units=meters zax zz
I got it in correct way.

But  later I had a chance to check the same data using  FERRET v6.67 on my desktop and the original data itself came with correct orientation.
Is there a bug with the latest version or it is more sensitive to some specifics of z axis definition.??  
-- 
with best regards

Sudheer

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