"time" parameter

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: "time" parameter
• From: Rob Levy <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 12:26:54 -0600

Hi.  

I am a FORTRAN programmer new to using NetCDF software.  My data is  
all from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program (ARM) and is  
in the NetCDF format.

Basically,  I am trying to write a general program that will extract  
specific data from a number of different dates. Each day of the ARM  
data is written as another file. My problem is that each day has  
different number of observations. For example, there might be 712,  
716, and 706 data points for November 8, 9, and 10.  My understanding  
is that the dimensional count has to be exact and constant (i.e. put  
in a PARAMETER statement) when I write a FORTRAN program to extract  
data. Is there some way that I can accompany non-constant time counts  
when working with more than one file at a time? Please instruct me or  
give me ideas.  


Thank you.

Rob Levy
Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University