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Hi, I wrote: > Currently, each netCDF dimension must have a unique name. There are > several reasons for this: ... > 4. To distinguish between dimensions that happen to have the same > length but that are intended to represent distinct dimensions. > If two variable's dimensions are not related, we recommend > creating separate dimensions for them, even if they happen to > have the same length. In rereading this after I posted it, I realize it's not really a valid reason to require names for dimensions. Distinct anonymous dimensions that happen to have the same length are still distinct and presumably distinguishable ... --Russ
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