actually

i might not make some progress for a while, because i need to learn how to work with netcdf scripts

so now i’m really perusing the NetCDF tutorials

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-tutorial.html#Common-Data-Model
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-tutorial.html#Data-Model
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/files.html