Expanded NetCDF support

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Expanded NetCDF Support

Use Cases

Files that use the NETCDF4_CLASSIC model

These will open and work without error.

Although the files use only data model features found in the netCDF 3 data model/API, using the netCDF 4 API will enable chunking and internal compression if the files in question were written that way.

To be safe, the software that writes the files should use the NETCDF4_CLASSIC when it makes/modifies the file(s).

Files that use some new features

Files that use all new features

These will fail with an error message indicating they are not supported along with the specific feature that caused the failure.

Unsupported NetCDF4 model/API features are:

Definitions

Background

Design

Deliverables

Period of use