Possible sample CF files for galeon.

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Subject: Possible sample CF files for galeon.
From: John Caron <caron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:02:10 -0600

Greetings Galeonites:

We need to decide on some sample netcdf files to use for the GALEONexperiment.


Russ Rew has put together a nice page of sample files at

 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/examples/files.html

I think we should choose ones using CF conventions. Two that look goodfrom my POV are:


  1) http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/examples/tos_O1_2001-2002.nc

This is a simple time series (24 points) of monthly average lat/longridded sea surface temperature. It should be simple for most GISclients to handle.


 2) http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/examples/RUC.nc

This is a time series (2 points) having both 2D fields and 3D fields onpressure surfaces, as well as other vertical coordinates.This should bea good challenge for GIS to deal with.


You can download these files and poke around in them using the nj22 ToolsUI:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v2.2/webstart/index.html


Other visualizers and tools are listed at:

 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/software.html

Any thoughts on using those two files, please post to this group.

Thanks!

John

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