Re: Create record dimension in PyNIO?

see: http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Examples/Scripts/nio04.py

file.create_dimension("time", None) # unlimited dimension

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You should post PyNIO email list.

Good luck
D
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Seth McGinnis wrote:
> How do I create a record dimension in a NetCDF file using
> PyNGL/PyNIO?
>
> I'm converting some ascii-formatted files into NetCDF using
> PyNGL. Here's a chunk of code that creates a longitude
> dimension and associated coordinate variable:
>
> # create NetCDF file
>
> fname = "test.nc"
> os.system("/bin/rm -f "+fname)
> ofile = Nio.open_file(fname, "c")
>
> ofile.create_dimension("lon",nx)
> lon = ofile.create_variable("lon","f",("lon",))
> lon.standard_name = "longitude"
> lon.long_name = "longitude"
> lon.axis = "X"
> lon.units = "degrees_east"
>
> lon[:] = Ngl.fspan(minlon, maxlon, nx)
>
>
> When I do the same thing for the time coordinate, I need to
> make it an unlimited record dimension. If I were using
> NCL, I'd use "filedimdef(ofile,"time",-1,True)". What's
> the equivalent in PyNGL/PyNIO?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> ISSE / NCAR
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