add _Encoding attribute to NetCDF files to help with reading character arrays in Python

risk_yield_loss.R

@@ -857,7 +857,15 @@ nc2 <- nc_create(
     risk_category_var
   )
 )
-
+# Set "_Encoding" attribute for character variables to ensure correct reading in
+# Python
+# First file
+ncatt_put(nc, crop_var, "_Encoding", "utf-8")
+ncatt_put(nc, irrigation_var, "_Encoding", "utf-8")
+# Second file
+ncatt_put(nc2, crop_var, "_Encoding", "utf-8")
+ncatt_put(nc2, irrigation_var, "_Encoding", "utf-8")
+ncatt_put(nc2, risk_category_var, "_Encoding", "utf-8")
 # Write name attributes
 # First file
 ncvar_put(nc, crop_var, dimnames(yield_loss_risk)[[3]])