Problem 1, _FillValue 1) ncdump HWX_2020_02_10_07_04_44.nc > 1.txt 2) open in you favorite editor 1.txt 3) view the data: DBZ you will see 0's in the data 4) go up to the variables: find the DBZ , change the _fillValue = -9999.f to _FillValue 0.0f, save the changes 5) ncgen3 -o HWX.nc 1.txt 6) ncdump HWX.nc > 2.txt 7) open in an editor 2.txt and look at the data: DBZ the 0's should be dashes 8) for fun you can open both *.nc files using "2-plot-mmr.py plot" also cfradial1.3 manual page 65 you will see the _FillValue in the example Problem 2 the data: nyquist_velocity is bad again view one of the *.txt files from above and look at the nyquist_velocity and velocity