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Add support for new netCDF functions for lossy compression: nc_def_var_quantize/nc_inq_var_quantize #1890

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edwardhartnett opened this issue Dec 3, 2021 · 0 comments
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We have added quantization with the bitgroom algorithm to the netCDF C (and Fortran) library. So now users can specify a required number of significant digits for a variable, and the excess bits are (in alternating floats) set to 0 and 1. In this way, the data compresses a lot better.

The combination of quantization and compression yields lossy compression.

This capability should be added to PIO.

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