TING A CONVERSION PROGRAM">see reference.</a> Ferret reads and applies the scale and offset values as data from each stepfile is read. Note that the commands</p>
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yes? SAY `var, RETURN=nc_offset`
yes? SAY `var, RETURN=nc_scale`</pre><p align="left">return the latest scale and offset value that were applied.</p>
<p align="left">The fields which are essential to consider are</p>
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$FORMAT_RECORD</pre><p align="left"><b>D_TYPE</b> = ' MC' ,<br /><b>D_FORMAT</b> = ' 1A',</p>
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