| 15.0 |
CDL extended for netCDF enhanced data model
CDL syntax has been extended to handle enhanced data model's primitive types, groups, and user-defined types |
| 15.1 |
CDL for Groups
NetCDF-4 groups have several uses |
| 15.2 |
CDL for Compound Types
The CDL "types:" section is for user-defined types, including compound types |
| 15.3 |
CDL for Variable Length (vlen) Types
Variable-length types may be created for any netCDF-4 base type, including compound types or other variable-length types. |
| 15.4 |
CDL for Enumeration (enum) Types
Enumeration types may be created for integer netCDF-4 base types. |
| 15.5 |
Options for ncgen
The ncgen utility has options for creating netCDF-4 files or program source from extended CDL. |
| 15.6 |
Using ncdump on netCDF-4 files
The ncdump utility emits extended CDL for netCDF-4 files. |
| 15.7 |
Use ncdump and ncgen for netCDF-4
Used together, ncdump and ncgen can generate and modify netCDF-4 files with little or no programming. |
| 15.8 |
CDL Special Attributes
"Special" virtual attributes provide performance-related information about file format and variable properties for netCDF-4 data. |
| 15.9 |
Using nccopy with netCDF-4 data
The nccopy utility can convert between classic format files (including 64-bit offset files) and netCDF-4 classic model files. |