Re: [netcdfgroup] NetCDF file - convert float to short integers question

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Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] NetCDF file - convert float to short integers question
From: Charlie Zender <zender@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:34:09 -0800

NCO's ncpdq (http://nco.sf.net/nco.html#ncpdq)
will, by default, pack all floats and doubles in
an input file into shorts in the output file:

ncpdq in.nc out.nc

Coordinates (e.g., lat and lon) will not be packed.
Followup as per http://nco.sf.net/nco.html#help.

HTH,
Charlie
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Charlie Zender, Earth System Sci. & Computer Sci.
University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'(