dim.inq.nc: Inquire About a NetCDF Dimension
In RNetCDF: Interface to NetCDF Datasets

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References Examples

Inquire about a NetCDF dimension.

1	dim.inq.nc(ncfile, dimension)

`ncfile`	Object of class "`NetCDF`" which points to the NetCDF dataset (as returned from `open.nc`).
`dimension`	Either the ID or the name of the dimension to be inquired.

This function returns information about a NetCDF dimension. Information about a dimension include its name, its ID, its length and a flag if it is the unlimited dimension of this NetCDF dataset, if any. The length of the unlimited dimension, if any, is the number of records written so far.

A list containing the following components:

`id`	Dimension ID.
`name`	Dimension name.
`length`	Length of dimension. For the unlimited dimension, this is the number of records written so far.
`unlim`	`TRUE` if it is the unlimited dimension, `FALSE` otherwise.

Pavel Michna

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/

##  Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions
nc <- create.nc("dim.inq.nc")

dim.def.nc(nc, "station", 5)
dim.def.nc(nc, "time", unlim=TRUE)

##  Inquire about the dimensions
dim.inq.nc(nc, 0)
dim.inq.nc(nc, "time")

close.nc(nc)