public void open(RandomAccessFile raf, NetcdfFile ncfile, CancelTask cancelTask)
      throws IOException {
    NexradStationDB.init();

    volScan = new Cinrad2VolumeScan(raf, cancelTask);
    if (volScan.hasDifferentDopplarResolutions())
      throw new IllegalStateException("volScan.hasDifferentDopplarResolutions");

    radialDim = new Dimension("radial", volScan.getMaxRadials());
    ncfile.addDimension(null, radialDim);

    makeVariable(
        ncfile,
        Cinrad2Record.REFLECTIVITY,
        "Reflectivity",
        "Reflectivity",
        "R",
        volScan.getReflectivityGroups());
    int velocity_type =
        (volScan.getDopplarResolution() == Cinrad2Record.DOPPLER_RESOLUTION_HIGH_CODE)
            ? Cinrad2Record.VELOCITY_HI
            : Cinrad2Record.VELOCITY_LOW;
    Variable v =
        makeVariable(
            ncfile,
            velocity_type,
            "RadialVelocity",
            "Radial Velocity",
            "V",
            volScan.getVelocityGroups());
    makeVariableNoCoords(
        ncfile, Cinrad2Record.SPECTRUM_WIDTH, "SpectrumWidth", "Spectrum Width", v);

    if (volScan.getStationId() != null) {
      ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute("Station", volScan.getStationId()));
      ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute("StationName", volScan.getStationName()));
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null, new Attribute("StationLatitude", new Double(volScan.getStationLatitude())));
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null, new Attribute("StationLongitude", new Double(volScan.getStationLongitude())));
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null,
          new Attribute("StationElevationInMeters", new Double(volScan.getStationElevation())));

      double latRadiusDegrees = Math.toDegrees(radarRadius / ucar.unidata.geoloc.Earth.getRadius());
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null,
          new Attribute(
              "geospatial_lat_min", new Double(volScan.getStationLatitude() - latRadiusDegrees)));
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null,
          new Attribute(
              "geospatial_lat_max", new Double(volScan.getStationLatitude() + latRadiusDegrees)));
      double cosLat = Math.cos(Math.toRadians(volScan.getStationLatitude()));
      double lonRadiusDegrees =
          Math.toDegrees(radarRadius / cosLat / ucar.unidata.geoloc.Earth.getRadius());
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null,
          new Attribute(
              "geospatial_lon_min", new Double(volScan.getStationLongitude() - lonRadiusDegrees)));
      ncfile.addAttribute(
          null,
          new Attribute(
              "geospatial_lon_max", new Double(volScan.getStationLongitude() + lonRadiusDegrees)));

      // add a radial coordinate transform (experimental)
      Variable ct = new Variable(ncfile, null, null, "radialCoordinateTransform");
      ct.setDataType(DataType.CHAR);
      ct.setDimensions(""); // scalar
      ct.addAttribute(new Attribute("transform_name", "Radial"));
      ct.addAttribute(new Attribute("center_latitude", new Double(volScan.getStationLatitude())));
      ct.addAttribute(new Attribute("center_longitude", new Double(volScan.getStationLongitude())));
      ct.addAttribute(new Attribute("center_elevation", new Double(volScan.getStationElevation())));
      ct.addAttribute(new Attribute(_Coordinate.TransformType, "Radial"));
      ct.addAttribute(
          new Attribute(_Coordinate.AxisTypes, "RadialElevation RadialAzimuth RadialDistance"));

      Array data =
          Array.factory(DataType.CHAR.getPrimitiveClassType(), new int[0], new char[] {' '});
      ct.setCachedData(data, true);
      ncfile.addVariable(null, ct);
    }

    DateFormatter formatter = new DateFormatter();

    ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute(CDM.CONVENTIONS, _Coordinate.Convention));
    ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute("format", volScan.getDataFormat()));
    ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute(CF.FEATURE_TYPE, FeatureType.RADIAL.toString()));
    // Date d = Cinrad2Record.getDate(volScan.getTitleJulianDays(), volScan.getTitleMsecs());
    // ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute("base_date", formatter.toDateOnlyString(d)));

    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(
            "time_coverage_start", formatter.toDateTimeStringISO(volScan.getStartDate())));
    ; // .toDateTimeStringISO(d)));
    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute("time_coverage_end", formatter.toDateTimeStringISO(volScan.getEndDate())));

    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(CDM.HISTORY, "Direct read of Nexrad Level 2 file into NetCDF-Java 2.2 API"));
    ncfile.addAttribute(null, new Attribute("DataType", "Radial"));

    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(
            "Title",
            "Nexrad Level 2 Station "
                + volScan.getStationId()
                + " from "
                + formatter.toDateTimeStringISO(volScan.getStartDate())
                + " to "
                + formatter.toDateTimeStringISO(volScan.getEndDate())));

    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(
            "Summary",
            "Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) "
                + "Level II data are the three meteorological base data quantities: reflectivity, mean radial velocity, and "
                + "spectrum width."));

    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(
            "keywords",
            "WSR-88D; NEXRAD; Radar Level II; reflectivity; mean radial velocity; spectrum width"));

    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(
            "VolumeCoveragePatternName",
            Cinrad2Record.getVolumeCoveragePatternName(volScan.getVCP())));
    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null, new Attribute("VolumeCoveragePattern", new Integer(volScan.getVCP())));
    ncfile.addAttribute(
        null,
        new Attribute(
            "HorizonatalBeamWidthInDegrees", new Double(Cinrad2Record.HORIZONTAL_BEAM_WIDTH)));

    ncfile.finish();
  }