saveNetCDF: Save a cmip5data object to NetCDF format

In RCMIP5: Tools for Manipulating and Summarizing CMIP5 Data

Description

There are at least three ways to save a cmip5data object. First, save it. Second, use as.data.frame or as.array. Third, this function, which will write out a new NetCDF file readable by any NetCDF-aware software.

Usage

saveNetCDF(x, file = NULL, path = "./", verbose = FALSE,
  saveProvenance = TRUE, originalNames = FALSE)

Arguments

x	A cmip5data object
file	Filename; if omitted one will be generated automatically.
path	File path.
verbose	logical. Print info as we go?
saveProvenance	Save the provenance separately?
originalNames	logical. Use original dimension names from file?

Details

If no filename is provided, a meaningful one will be assigned based on the CMIP5 naming convention (but appending 'RCMIP5'). The loadCMIP5 function should be able to read this file. If saveProvenance is specified, the provenance is saved separately in a comma-separated file of the same name but appending "_prov.csv". (Provenance messages are always saved as NetCDF file attributes.)

Value

The fully-qualified filename that was written (invisible).

Note

This function requires the ncdf4 package; ncdf is not supported.

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