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Constructed dimension and variable names change based on service used
In our GRIB collections, the dimension and variable names change based on the service used for access. For example, take a look at the GFS 0.5 Degree output on thredds-test.
Using the OPeNDAP or NCML service, we get dimensions lat
, lon
, and variables lat
, lon
:
However, if we look at the same dataset through NCSS, we get latitude
, longitude
for both dimensions and variables:
Now the nice thing is they are consistent, and any coordinates
attribute in the variables uses the correct name. However, these variables are generated by netCDF-java
, so it would be nice if they were consistent in naming (btw - 4.6.x
uses the lat
/lon
variety, so the path of least surprise for end-users would be to keep to that) . I'm guessing it is probably something down in the Coverage
, but I'm not sure, because the naming should be handled in the grib
module. Any thoughts @cwardgar?