Re: A companion Question to Time Problems

[Ansley Manke <ansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,
to this second second question, the answer is yes.  If a scale
factor is given for a variable in the NetCDF file then it is applied
after the data is read in.  Ferret conforms to the COARDS standard
which can be found at
 http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/noaa_coop/
coop_cdf_profile.html

Ansley Manke

Steve Cocks wrote:

Hello All;

In addition to the question I submitted earlier, I also neglected to ask
one about the way ferret treats the descriptions in the netcdf files.
Does ferret automatically look at the scale factors associated with a
particular data set and apply it to the data.  For example, say the data
is stored with a scale factor of 0.1; does ferret automatically use this
scale factor as you read in a kinematic field such as wind stress?

Question submitted earlier:

I have been concatenating numerous files (multiple time steps) into a
single large file (of only one day time steps).  In the new netcdf file,

I have the time variable listed in YYYYDDD format (DDD is julian date).
Err, seems ferret doesn't like this choice for a time variable.  Does
ferret only read certain types of time variable formats?  Is there a way

to get ferret to recognize YYYYDDD format at all?  Thanks in advance.

V/R

STEPHEN B. COCKS, Capt, USAF
AFIT PhD Student
Texas A&M University

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Ansley Manke  Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  Seattle WA  (206)526-6246