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Question: Is it possible to delete a dimension (and the corresponding data tied to this dimension) in a netCDF file? Why? I need to add on raise several existing dimensions in a netCDF file (e.g. append more data on the end of the array). I would like to read in the current contents of these dimensions, delete the dimensions from the netCDF file, and create newer ones. Less attractive possibilities are: [1] rename the dimensions to something else and create a new dimension with the old name. [2] initially create the dimensions so large they "could never be used" and fill them with garbage. Idea [2] will probably be violated before the code dries. How big is "so large"? Idea [1] is interesting, but leaves the possibility of lots of dead data. What have other people done? -- Dr. E. Loren Buhle, Jr. INTERNET: BUHLE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Phone: 215-662-3084 Rm 440A, 3401 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 FAX: 215-349-5978
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