restoreMissingDims: Restore missing and/or degenerate dimensions in the data

In RCMIP5: Tools for Manipulating and Summarizing CMIP5 Data

Description

Restore missing and/or degenerate dimensions in the data

Usage

restoreMissingDims(dims, dimNames, lonArr, latArr, ZArr, thisTimeRaw, verbose)

Arguments

dims	the data array just loaded from the NetCDF
dimNames	vector of dimensions names present in file
lonArr	numeric vector of longitude values
latArr	numeric vector of latitude values
ZArr	numeric vector of Z values
thisTimeRaw	numeric vector of time values
verbose	logical. Print info as we go?

Value

The data array with restored dimensions.

Note

There are two cases to consider here. (1) If we load a dimension with only one value (one month, one depth, etc) then that dimension will be dropped by the .ncvar_get function (there's a 'collapse_degen' option available in ncdf4, but not in ncdf). (2) A dimension is missing entirely, e.g. in a time-only file, or a space-only grid area file. In either case, we want those dimensions (of length 1) back in the data array.

This is an internal RCMIP5 function and not exported.

RCMIP5 documentation built on May 1, 2019, 6:28 p.m.