nc_def_var: Define NetCDF variable with standard attributes

Description Usage Arguments Examples

View source: R/netcdf_output.R

Description

The variable is defined and attributes used in COSMO-CLM are added.

Usage

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nc_def_var(nc, varname, dimensions, standard_name, long_name, units,
  add_grid_mapping = TRUE)

Arguments

nc

NetCDF file object.

varname

String of variable name.

dimensions

Vector of dimension names as strings.

standard_name

String of standard name.

long_name

String of long name.

units

String of units.

add_grid_mapping

Add grid_mapping and coordinates attributes?

Examples

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nc <- RNetCDF::create.nc("rot_lon.nc")
RNetCDF::dim.def.nc(nc, dimname = "rlon", dimlength = 100)
dcepucp:::nc_def_var(nc, varname = "rlon", dimensions = "rlon",
                     standard_name = "grid_longitude",
                     long_name = "rotated longitude",
                     units = "degrees")
RNetCDF::var.put.nc(nc, variable ="rlon", data = 1:100)
RNetCDF::close.nc(nc)

sebschub/dcepucp documentation built on May 20, 2019, 2:23 p.m.