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Re: netCDF time representation

To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: netCDF time representation
From: knight@xxxxxxxxxx (Fred Knight)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1992 08:18:18 -0500

Here are a few examples of data requiring more than 32 bits of precision:

1. Radio pulsar timing          --- 0.1 microseconds over years
2. Astronomical X-ray data      --- 0.01 microseconds over years
3. Planet Ephemerides           --- 1 microseconds over decades
4. Laser/Atomic Spectroscopy    --- 0.1 femtoseconds over milliseconds
5. Fusion                       --- 1 nanoseconds over seconds
6. Neutrino detection           --- 1 millisecond over decades

=Fred Knight   (INTERNET:knight@xxxxxxxxxx)