Data preparation for inclusion in the platform

NetCDF files

File conventions

NetCDF files integrated in the PAVICS platform must follow the CF Conventions document: http://cfconventions.org/

In order to benefit from the search engine capabilities, typical global attributes should be set. Currently the platorms searches the following fields:

project
institute
model
experiment
frequency

For variables, the standard_name and units should follow the CF standard name table: http://cfconventions.org/standard-names.html

It is recommended to provide a dataset_id as a global attribute in each NetCDF file that is unique for each collection of files that constitute a timeseries.

NetCDF files with multiple variables are presently not fully supported.