<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>in the attached script I am reading in a variable from a file, and want to use it to define another variable with the same dimensions, except for one that needs to have a different size (time_counter; length 180 instead of 12). The output of 'ncdump' (see below) after reading to netcdf is nearly what I want, except of the 'ncl3' line in dimensions, that is not recognised as 'time_counter' as I wanted it to. In other words, it would be perfect without the 'ncl3 = 180' line. I've played around with this script in various ways but I just don't arrive there. Maybe I'm overlooking something?</div><div><br></div><div>Any help appreciated!</div><div>Anne  </div><div><br></div><div><div>ncdump -h <a href="http://masc_exag.nc">masc_exag.nc</a>:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>time_counter = UNLIMITED ; // (180 currently)</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>y = 1021 ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">     </span>x = 1442 ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">     </span>ncl3 = 180 ;</div><div>variables:</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>float masc(time_counter, y, x) ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">               </span>masc:valid_max = "33.78767f" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">               </span>masc:valid_min = "-2.139231f" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">              </span>masc:long_name = "votemper" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                </span>masc:units = "C" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">           </span>masc:_FillValue = 9.96921e+36f ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">       </span>float nav_lat(y, x) ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">          </span>nav_lat:units = "degrees_north" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">            </span>nav_lat:valid_min = "-77.01048f" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">           </span>nav_lat:valid_max = "89.94787f" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">            </span>nav_lat:long_name = "Latitude at t-point" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>float nav_lon(y, x) ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">          </span>nav_lon:units = "degrees_east" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span>nav_lon:valid_min = "-180.f" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">               </span>nav_lon:valid_max = "180.f" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                </span>nav_lon:long_name = "Longitude at t-point" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>float time_counter(ncl3) ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">             </span>time_counter:modulo = " " ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">          </span>time_counter:time_origin = "01-JAN-2002:00:00:00" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">          </span>time_counter:long_name = "Time axis" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">               </span>time_counter:title = "Time" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">                </span>time_counter:calendar = "noleap" ;</div><div><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">           </span>time_counter:units = "seconds since 2002-01-01 00:00" ;</div></div></div>