[SciPy-Dev] netcdf expert info needed

[Scott Sinclair]

>On 21 June 2010 17:59, Benjamin Root <ben.root@ou.edu> wrote:
> I think I need a better description for what can be used to specify the
> netcdf_variable's type.  It appears to be a typecode character instead of
> the typical dtypes, but I am not 100% if that is true and if this is true
> for both docstrings.  Also, it would be nice if there was already a document
> that describes valid dtypes that I could reference, or if there is a
> specific list of values that are valid here.

I don't have a complete answer, but you should find some guidance here

http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/arrays.dtypes.html#specifying-and-constructing-data-types

Cheers,
Scott