I thought it might be helpful for V users to have a snippet of code posted here as well.
I have series of netCDF with filenames of
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.173200.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.174500.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.181500.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.183200.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.184500.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.190200.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.191500.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.193200.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.194500.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.200200.hdf.ci.hdf
geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.201500.hdf.ci.hdf
The fields appear in the field selector as
Date/time dimensions are not in the file, so the Time tab does not appear in the bottom right panel under displays.
To create a time sequence of the field box_average_11um_ctc, use a ncml wrapper. In this case, aggregate the desired field (<variableAgg name="box_average_11um_ctc"/>) together into a time series (<aggregation dimName="time" type="joinNew">) based on the new time coordinate variables assigned to the files (coordValue="yyyy-mm-dd HH:mmZ")
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<netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2">
<aggregation dimName="time" type="joinNew">
<variableAgg name="box_average_11um_ctc"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.173200.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 17:32Z"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.174500.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 17:45Z"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.181500.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 18:15Z"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.183200.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 18:32Z"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.184500.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 18:45Z"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.191200.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 19:12Z"/>
<netcdf location="geocatL2.GOES-13.2011221.193200.hdf.ci.hdf" coordValue="2011-08-09 19:32Z"/>
</aggregation>
</netcdf>
Next, load the ncml wrapper (LoopGeocat.ncml) and select Aggregate Grids by Time as the data type.
Notice that when "LoopGeocat.ncml" is selected as the Data Source, the new aggregated field appears at the end of the field list and has a time sequence associated with the data.
Joleen