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netCDF coordinate system question

Jason Levit (jlevit@tornado.gcn.uoknor.edu)
Thu, 15 Jun 1995 15:58:18 +22305823 (CDT) 

  Hi everyone,

  I'm trying to define a coordinate system in a netCDF data file
which includes a stretched vertical grid **with terrain**.  This
means that the vertical coordinate is not uniform over the entire
domain *or* in a 2-D x-y plane.  In other words, a point at 
3,5,18 will have a physical height of 4.0, but a point at
6,12,18 will have a physical height of 12.0.  If I can use the
physical height to define the 3-D coordinate system, that would
be great, but I have yet to find a way to define this coordinate
system in netCDF.  Does anyone have experience in defining a
stretched vertical grid w/terrain in a netCDF file?  If you do,
please let me know!  Thanks very much for your help!!

  Jason Levit

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Jason John Levit, N9MLA                    Undergraduate Research,             
University of Oklahoma          Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms  
School of Meteorology                  jlevit@tornado.gcn.uoknor.edu          
PH:405/325-5366                      www: http://tornado.gcn.uoknor.edu/