[CF-metadata] Dealing with large numbers of flag values in netcdf cf

[John Caron]

martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I wonder if anyone can help with this problem:
>
> I have a file with a map of index values, ranging from 1 to 827. The 
> flag meanings range from “Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests” to 
> “Zambezian halophytics”. I’m reluctant to combine all 827 flag 
> meanings into a single string for the “flag_meanings” attribute – is 
> there a better way?
>
> Note that this is not my dataset, so that while suggestions for 
> presenting the data in a different way may be useful, they won’t solve 
> my current problem. The dataset is a eco-region analysis distributed 
> by the WWF and has wide usage in its present form.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Martin Juckes
>
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Hi Martin: Are you trying to make a netCDF-CF version of an existing 
dataset? Are you able to use netcdf-4 or do you need to stick with the 
"classic model"?