<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear NCL users,</span></font><div style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I am trying to change global attribute in netcdf file. What I did is:</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">att_glb = True</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">att_glb@VAR-LIST = name_value;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">fileattdef( fout, att_glb )</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I happened the error at att_glb@VAR-LIST, It was caused by hyphen sign between VAR and LIST.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">in this attribute, and I don't know how to do it. Very appreciate any suggestions and help. </font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Chao</font></div></div></body></html>