Description Usage Arguments Details Author(s) References Examples
Define a new NetCDF variable.
1 | var.def.nc(ncfile, varname, vartype, dimensions)
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ncfile |
Object of class " |
varname |
Variable name. Must begin with an alphabetic character, followed by zero or more alphanumeric characters including the underscore (" |
vartype |
One of the set of predefined NetCDF external data types. The valid NetCDF external data types are |
dimensions |
Vector of |
This function creates a new NetCDF variable. A NetCDF variable has a name, a type, and a shape, which are specified when it is defined. A variable may also have values, which are established later in data mode.
Ordinarily, the name, type, and shape are fixed when the variable is first defined. The name may be changed, but the type and shape of a variable cannot be changed. However, a variable defined in terms of the unlimited dimension can grow without bound in that dimension. The fastetst varying dimension has to be first in dimensions
, the slowest varying dimension last (this is the same way as an array is defined in R; i.e., opposite to the CDL conventions).
A NetCDF variable in an open NetCDF dataset is referred to by a small integer called a variable ID. Variable IDs are 0, 1, 2,..., in the order in which the variables were defined within a NetCDF dataset.
Attributes may be associated with a variable to specify such properties as units.
Pavel Michna
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | ## Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions
nc <- create.nc("var.def.nc")
dim.def.nc(nc, "station", 5)
dim.def.nc(nc, "time", unlim=TRUE)
## Create two variables, one as coordinate variable
var.def.nc(nc, "time", "NC_INT", "time")
var.def.nc(nc, "temperature", "NC_DOUBLE", c(0,1))
close.nc(nc)
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