Advances in the NetCDF Data Model, Format, and Software - Unidata
Advances in the NetCDF Data Model, Format, and Software - Unidata
Advances in the NetCDF Data Model, Format, and Software - Unidata
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Groups<br />
• Like directories <strong>in</strong> a file system, Groups provide name spaces<br />
<strong>and</strong> a hierarchy of conta<strong>in</strong>ers<br />
• Uses<br />
– Factor<strong>in</strong>g out common <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
• Conta<strong>in</strong>ers for data with<strong>in</strong> regions, ensembles<br />
• <strong>Model</strong> metadata<br />
– Organiz<strong>in</strong>g a large number of variables<br />
– Provid<strong>in</strong>g name spaces for multiple uses of same names for dimensions,<br />
variables, attributes<br />
– <strong>Model</strong><strong>in</strong>g large hierarchies
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