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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello ncl’ers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have been searching a detailed description for the dimensional order of the data points of a multi-dimensional variable to be written
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<p class="MsoNormal">to a netcdf file. I found some locations, but am also equally confused with different explanations or my lack of understanding. One example
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<p class="MsoNormal">for such an explanation for the variable:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">temp [TIMES] [LEVELS] [LATS] [LONS];<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">with <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">TIMES = 3, <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">LEVELS = 1, <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">LATS = 5, <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">LONS = 10</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">being written into the netcdf file in the order of dimensions is given at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf_data_set_components.html">https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf_data_set_components.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and mentions “<span style="color:black;background:white">The order in which the data will be
<b><u>returned</u></b> is with the last dimension, LONS, varying fastest:”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">at the time of retrieval of the data.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What I am wondering is when I write the variable “temp” above into the netcdf file, is the
<b><u>first data element of temp</u></b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">Temp [2] [1] [4] [9]
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">or,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD">temp [0] [1] [0] [0]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:#FBFCFD"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Kemal.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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