 been registered with Unidata as the <b>COARDS</b> conventions and are available at <cite><a href="ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/Conventions/COARDS">ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/Conventions/COARDS</a> (1995).</cite></p>
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<h2>Conventions:</h2>
<p><strong>File Name:</strong><br />
NetCDF files should have the file name extension ".nc".</p>
<p><strong>Coordinate Variables:</strong><br />
1-dimensional netCDF variables whose dimension names are identical to their variab