create.file.metadata: Retrieve metadata about NetCDF-format files.

In ECA-D/ecad_indices_grid: Functions to compute CLIMIND indices over a NetCDF grid

Retrieve metadata about NetCDF-format files.

Description

Retrieve metadata about NetCDF-format files.

Usage

create.file.metadata(f, variable.name.map)

Arguments

f	The list of NetCDF files.
variable.name.map	A named character vector mapping standard variable names (tmax, tmin, prec) to NetCDF variable names.

Details

Given a list of NetCDF files and a mapping from standard variable names (tmax, tmin, prec) to NetCDF variable names, retrieve a set of standardized metadata.

Value

A list containing time data (ts), dimension sizes (dim.size), dimension axes (dim.axes), source units (src.units), destination units (dest.units), a mapping from variables to files (v.f.idx), and a projection, if available.

Examples

## Not run: 
## Get metadata about a single input file.
input.files <- c("pr_NAM44_CanRCM4_ERAINT_r1i1p1_1989-2009.nc")
f <- lapply(input.files, ncdf4::nc_open)
f.meta <- create.file.metadata(f, variable.name.map)

## End(Not run)

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