modifyNcdfDefAtts: modifyNcdfDefAtts

In bgctw/ncdfTools: Handling NetCDF Files

Description

define several ncdf attributes at once

Usage

modifyNcdfDefAtts(file.con, var.id, atts)

Arguments

file.con	a NetCDF object pointing to the respective ncdf file.
var.id	the variable id (integer) or name (string) for which to define attributes.
atts	list: the attributes to define (see details or an example).

Details

Easily define a couple of attributes for a single ncdf variable in one step.

The atts attribute should be a list with as many elements as attributes should be added to the variable in the ncdf file. The names of the attributes are taken from the names of the elements of this list and the attribute values are defined by the values of the list elements. The type/class of the attribute (values) is determined automatically.

Author(s)

Jannis v. Buttlar, Thomas Wutzler

See Also

att.put.nc

Examples

attributes.define <- list(
  LongName = 'This is the long name',
  missingValue = -99999,
  units = 'm/s')
## needs an open connection to a valid ncdf file pointed to by file.con
file.con   <- RNetCDF::create.nc(file.path(tempdir(),'test.nc'))
RNetCDF::dim.def.nc(file.con, 'testdim')
RNetCDF::var.def.nc(file.con, 'test', 'NC_CHAR', 'testdim')
modifyNcdfDefAtts(file.con, 'test', atts = attributes.define)
## show all attributes
infoNcdfAtts(file.con, 'test')
RNetCDF::close.nc(file.con)

bgctw/ncdfTools documentation built on Jan. 29, 2020, 1:16 p.m.