issues: 373955021

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373955021 MDU6SXNzdWUzNzM5NTUwMjE= 2510 Dataset-wide _FillValue 2448579 closed 0     4 2018-10-25T13:44:46Z 2018-10-25T17:39:35Z 2018-10-25T17:37:26Z MEMBER      

I'm looking at a netCDF file that has the variable float T_20(time, depth, lat, lon) ; T_20:name = "T" ; T_20:long_name = "TEMPERATURE (C)" ; T_20:generic_name = "temp" ; T_20:FORTRAN_format = "f10.2" ; T_20:units = "C" ; T_20:epic_code = 20 ;

and global attributes ``` // global attributes: :platform_code = "8n90e" ; :site_code = "8n90e" ; :wmo_platform_code = 23007 ; :array = "RAMA" ; :Request_for_acknowledgement = "If you use these data in publications or presentations, please acknowledge the GTMBA Project Office of NOAA/PMEL. Also, we would appreciate receiving a preprint and/or reprint of publications utilizing the data for inclusion in our bibliography. Relevant publications should be sent to: GTMBA Project Office, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115" ; :Data_Source = "Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array Project Office/NOAA/PMEL" ; :File_info = "Contact: Dai.C.McClurg@noaa.gov" ; :missing_value = 1.e+35f ; :_FillValue = 1.e+35f ; :CREATION_DATE = "13:05 28-JUL-2017" ; :_Format = "classic" ;

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Problem description

In this case the _FillValue and missing_value attributes are set for the entire dataset and not each individual variable. decode_cf_variable thus fails to insert NaNs.

I'm not sure that this is standards-compliant but is this something we could support?

 
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