Re: How to Create an Unlimited Time Dimension

Daryl,

Thanks for pointing that out. I read right past this statement…on multiple occasions!

Thank you also for the python and netcdf link.

Regards,
Greg

On Sep 14, 2013, at 4:32 PM, daryl herzmann wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> Check out: http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml
>
> create_dimension(name, length)
>
> Creates a new dimension with the given name and length. length must be a positive integer or None, which stands for the unlimited dimension. Note that currently there can be only one unlimited dimension in a file.
>
> PS. For python and netcdf, check out: https://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/
>
> daryl
>
> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013, Gregory Deemer wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm attempting to create a new NetCDF file containing a few variables with
>> one timestamp. I may however, want to concatenate files later on. I believe
>> that I need the time dimension to be unlimited in order to perform such an
>> operation. What is the best way to go about creating the time dimension
>> that is unlimited using the following template:
>>
>> f.create_dimension('dimName',length)
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Greg
>>
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Received on Sat Sep 14 18:41:46 2013