Hi Christopher,
Christopher Mueller wrote:
I am subsetting an opendap nc file to a local nc file and I’m running
into a bit of a problem. After subsetting, the variable of interest
has 4 dimensions (x, y, level, record) however there is only 1 level.
I would like to remove the level dimension as it is unnecessary and
causes some problems later in the application. Is there a way to do
this? I’ve tried removing the dimension from the “root group” of the
NetcdfWritable file with no luck. I’ve also tried iterating through
the dimensions (var.getDimensions().remove(i)) and removing the one
with length = 1, also no luck.
Has anyone done this before? Is it possible, or do I need to extract
the data, reduce the resulting array, and then recreate the variable
by hand?
I haven't tried this but you can create a new Variable without the level
dimension by calling Variable.slice() on the existing Variable and
specifying the level dimension. Then, before you call create() on your
NetcdfFileWritable, you can remove the old Variable and add the new one.
Hope that helps,
Ethan
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