Re: [ferret_users] saving files: real*4 saved as real*8

[Bob Tomas <tomas@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Steve,

Yes, I was wrong about the *data* being stored as real*8 --- it
is only the coordinates that are being stored as real*8; the data
is being stored as real*4.  Too much time behind the keyboard by
yesterday afternoon.

Bob
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Robert A. Tomas
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Climate and Global Dynamics Division - Paleoclimatology
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO 80305-3000
e-mail: tomas@ucar.edu  tel: 303-497-1342  fax:  303-497-1348

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Steve Hankin wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> It is only the netCDF coordinate variables that are saved as REAL*8.
> There is no way to alter that behavior.  However, if it is vital for you
> to have these coordinates stored also as REAL*4, you need only define a
> dependent variable (for example)
>
>     LET my_real4_longitudes = X[g=<my_variable>]
>
> and add this variable to the list of variables that you SAVE in your
> netCDF file from Ferret.
>
>     - steve
>
> =================================================
>
> Bob Tomas wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I am reading in binary data, real*4, and saving the data using
> >
> >     save/file = netCDF_file.nc phi
> >
> > where phi is my data.  When I do an ncdump -h of netCDF_file.nc I see
> > that ferret saved the data as real*8 values.  Is there someway
> > to have ferret save the data as real*4's?
> >
> > Bob
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert A. Tomas
> > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > Climate and Global Dynamics Division - Paleoclimatology
> > 1850 Table Mesa Drive
> > Boulder, CO 80305-3000
> > e-mail: tomas@ucar.edu  tel: 303-497-1342  fax:  303-497-1348
>
>
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