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    Hi Anne,<br>
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    you have to create the named dimension for time_counter and commit
    the time_counter data:<br>
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    <font color="#3333ff"><tt>  time_counter              = 
        tofloat(time)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  time_counter!0            = "time_counter"</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  time_counter&time_counter =  time_counter</tt></font><br>
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    Bye,<br>
    Karin<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 31.08.17 um 12:13 schrieb Anne:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hello,
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        <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>
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        <div>Any help appreciated!</div>
        <div>Anne  </div>
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          <div>ncdump -h <a href="http://masc_exag.nc"
              moz-do-not-send="true">masc_exag.nc</a>:</div>
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          <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>
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