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16.8 Enum CDL Example
A CDL example shows enumerations which classify cloud types.
types:
byte enum cloud_t {
Clear = 0, Cumulonimbus = 1, Stratus = 2,
Stratocumulus = 3, Cumulus = 4, Altostratus = 5,
Nimbostratus = 6, Altocumulus = 7, Missing = 127
};
dimensions:
time = unlimited;
variables:
cloud_t primary_cloud(time);
cloud_t primary_cloud:_FillValue = Missing;
data:
primary_cloud = Clear, Stratus, Cumulus, Missing, ...;
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