DataFileInfo: DataFileInfo
In WilliamCooper/Ranadu: Functions for use with RAF aircraft data files

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Brief information on the contents of a netCDF data file

1	DataFileInfo(fileLocation, LLrange = TRUE)

`fileLocation`	A complete address to the netCDF data file.
`LLrange`	Logical, if TRUE, range in latitude and longitude for the flight is included in the returned list. Set FALSE to get a faster return in case the range in positions is not needed.

Reads the flight number, project, date/time, position, and variables from the netCDF file and returns a list of properties. Alternately, produces similar information for a saved (.Rdata-format) data.frame produced by reading such a netCDF file. In addition, produces a list of the long_names associated with the variables and a list of the "measurands" along with the redundant variables representing that measurand.

A list containing named characteristics of the file. For example, in the example below the variables in the file are returned in FI$Variables. See names(FI) for a list of characteristics that are returned.

William Cooper