Glossary

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Glossary for Common Terms and Standard Names in Datafed WCS Wrapper Framework

Configuration

Programmed instructions for the framework how to access data. This includes but is not limited to

  • For Cube Coverages:
    • Information of variables and dimensions automatically extracted from netCDF-CF files.
    • Hand-edited python dictionaries describing the netCDF files, their variables and dimensions.
    • Configuring NetCDF based Cube Data
  • For Point Coverages:

Main documentation:

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