Fortran code write netCDF output, in two configurations

   (A) write six (nx,nz) arrays for each (ny) slab, (nt) times
   (B) write six (nx) arrays for each (nz) level, (ny) slab, (nt) times


                              writing to             writing to
  NX  NY NZ NT  Config      /home/phaley/...        /gdata/projects/...        Ratio
 185 168 70 18     A           0:00:18               0:06:11   (0:01:10)      1 / 20.61
 185 168 70 18     B           0:03:17               5:07:49   (0:17:46)      1 / 93.75

Notes:  included standard deviations in /gdata writes since I had three
        examples of configuration A and two of B.  I only had one each
        of the /home/phaley tests.

        Configuration B is actually how PE writes.

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Fortran writes (see test_write.f for code)

Write six (nx,nz) arrays for each (ny) slab (nt) times

                        writing to             writing to
  NX  NY NZ NT        /home/wgleslie/temp/     /gdata/WGL	Ratio

 185 168 70  9             0:00:02              0:00:10		1 / 5.00
 185 168 70 18             0:00:10              0:00:16		1 / 1.60
1850 168 70 18             0:01:12              0:01:41		1 / 1.40
1850 168 70 36             0:02:27              0:03:20		1 / 1.36

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                       writing to           writing to
Test                  /home/phaley/....    /gdata/projects/...

short PE run              0:08:09             5:48:36

Matlab large save         0:01:19             0:01:17
(all at once)

Matlab ASCII write        0:02:39             0:02:52
(slab write)

Matlab NetCDF write       0:11:16             0:16:00      
(slab write)
(sync'ing)

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tests on local disks

Matlab NetCDF write        0:11:44
(slab write)
(sync'ing) compute-8-7

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