On 30/04/2020 18:55, J Conrado wrote: > Please, > > Please can someone explain to me why I have this difference: in Python > int16 SST(y, x) and with ncdump -h short SST(y, x) Presumably on your computer a (signed) short integer is a (signed) sixteen bit integer. That's rather unhelpful of ncdump. -- Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd