public void writeHeader( List<ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station> stns, List<VariableSimpleIF> vars, int nprofiles, String altVarName) throws IOException { createGlobalAttributes(); createStations(stns); createProfiles(nprofiles); // dummys, update in finish() ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("zaxis_coordinate", altVarName); ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("time_coverage_start", dateFormatter.toDateTimeStringISO(new Date())); ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("time_coverage_end", dateFormatter.toDateTimeStringISO(new Date())); createDataVariables(vars); ncfile.create(); // done with define mode writeStationData(stns); // write out the station info // now write the observations if (!(Boolean) ncfile.sendIospMessage(NetcdfFile.IOSP_MESSAGE_ADD_RECORD_STRUCTURE)) throw new IllegalStateException("can't add record variable"); }