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2    API Discussions:
3    ================
4    
5  As discussed in our group meeting of 2003-12-17 (AJA, CNH, JMC, AM,  As discussed in our group meeting of 2003-12-17 (AJA, CNH, JMC, AM,
6  PH, EH3), the NetCDF interface should resemble the following FORTRAN  PH, EH3), the NetCDF interface should resemble the following FORTRAN
7  subroutines:  subroutines:
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37    
38    MNC_INIT(              myThid )    MNC_INIT(              myThid )
39    
40      MNC_FILE_CREATE(       myThid, fname )
41    MNC_FILE_OPEN(         myThid, fname, itype )    MNC_FILE_OPEN(         myThid, fname, itype )
42    MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_STR( myThid, fname, atname, sval )    MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_STR( myThid, fname, atname, sval )
43    MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_INT( myThid, fname, atname, ival )    MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_INT( myThid, fname, atname, ival )
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46    MNC_FILE_READ_HEADER(  myThid, fname )    MNC_FILE_READ_HEADER(  myThid, fname )
47    
48    MNC_DIM_INIT(          myThid, dname, dunits, dlen )    MNC_DIM_INIT(          myThid, dname, dunits, dlen )
49      MNC_DIM_REMOVE(        myThid, dname )
50    
51    MNC_GRID_INIT(         myThid, fname, gname, ndim, dnames )    MNC_GRID_INIT(         myThid, fname, gname, ndim, dnames )
52    MNC_GRID_SET_XY_1DLL(  myThid, fname, gname, lats, lons )    MNC_GRID_SET_LL(       myThid, fname, gname, type, lats, lons )
   MNC_GRID_SET_XY_2DLL(  myThid, fname, gname, lats, lons )  
53    
54    MNC_VAR_INIT_DBL(      myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval )    MNC_VAR_INIT_DBL(      myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval )
55    MNC_VAR_INIT_REAL(     myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval )    MNC_VAR_INIT_REAL(     myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval )
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66  The above interface is powerful yet easy to use (easier than the  The above interface is powerful yet easy to use (easier than the
67  entire NetCDF interface) since it helps the user keep track of the  entire NetCDF interface) since it helps the user keep track of the
68  associations between files, "grids", variables, and dimensions.  associations between files, "grids", variables, and dimensions.
69    
70    
71    To-Do:
72    ======
73    
74     1) CNH pointed out that grid interpolation needs to be handled
75        "on-the-fly" since pre-processing would result in overly large
76        input files.  We need an interpolation API...
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