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Future Enhancements

As of this writing, the df format is being used to store datasets in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. A wide variety of datasets have been written in the format: vertical profile soundings, three-dimensional global grids of meteorological fields, global maps of total ozone, and data taken along aircraft flights. The format has been in use for about a year and has been used quite successfully.

In the near term, the important thing is to widen the scope of datasets written in the format, covering a larger variety of research groups and data structures. This should reveal any bugs or ambiguities in the format specification, and provide an opportunity to include any important missing features the authors have not thought of.

Future plans for the df format include:


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Eric Nash 2003-09-25