Net CDF
type: Register
type: Container
description: Vocabulary of terms used in the netCDF User Guide.
modified: 2020-05-04T14:15:24.798Z
category: SciTools
version info: 1
contains: units
contains: scale factor
contains: add offset
contains: Conventions
contains: long name
contains: valid max
contains: valid min
contains: history
contains: valid range
contains: FillValue
contains: title
has member relation: contains

valid max
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: Largest valid value of a variable.
references: attribute conventions.html

FillValue
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: A value used to represent missing or undefined data. Allowed for auxiliary coordinate variables but not allowed for coordinate variables.
references: attribute conventions.html

valid range
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: Smallest and largest valid values of a variable.
references: attribute conventions.html

title
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: Short description of the file contents.
references: attribute conventions.html

units
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: Units of a variable's content.
references: attribute conventions.html

add offset
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: If present for a variable, this number is to be added to the data after it is read by an application. If both **`scale_factor`** and **`add_offset`** attributes are present, the data are first scaled before the offset is added. In cases where there is a strong constraint on dataset size, it is allowed to pack the coordinate variables (using add_offset and/or scale_factor), but this is not recommended in general.
references: attribute conventions.html

long name
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: A descriptive name that indicates a variable's content. This name is not standardized.
references: attribute conventions.html

valid min
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: Smallest valid value of a variable.
references: attribute conventions.html

scale factor
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: If present for a variable, the data are to be multiplied by this factor after the data are read by an application. See also the **`add_offset`** attribute. In cases where there is a strong constraint on dataset size, it is allowed to pack the coordinate variables (using add_offset and/or scale_factor), but this is not recommended in general.
references: attribute conventions.html

history
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: List of the applications that have modified the original data.
references: attribute conventions.html

Conventions
type: Property
domain: Resource
range: Literal
description: Name of the conventions followed by the dataset.
references: attribute conventions.html