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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, |
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PH, EH3), the NetCDF interface should resemble the following FORTRAN |
PH, EH3), the NetCDF interface should resemble the following FORTRAN |
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subroutines: |
subroutines: |
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MNC_INIT( myThid ) |
MNC_INIT( myThid ) |
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MNC_FILE_CREATE( myThid, fname ) |
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MNC_FILE_OPEN( myThid, fname, itype ) |
MNC_FILE_OPEN( myThid, fname, itype ) |
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MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_STR( myThid, fname, atname, sval ) |
MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_STR( myThid, fname, atname, sval ) |
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MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_INT( myThid, fname, atname, ival ) |
MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_DBL( myThid, fname, atname, len, dval ) |
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MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_DBL( myThid, fname, atname, dval ) |
MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_REAL(myThid, fname, atname, len, rval ) |
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MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_INT( myThid, fname, atname, len, ival ) |
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MNC_FILE_ADD_ATTR_ANY( myThid, fname, atname, atype, cs,len,dv,rv,iv ) |
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MNC_FILE_READ_HEADER( myThid, fname ) |
MNC_FILE_READ_HEADER( myThid, fname ) |
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MNC_DIM_INIT( myThid, dname, dunits, dlen ) |
MNC_DIM_INIT( myThid, dname, dunits, dlen ) |
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MNC_DIM_REMOVE( myThid, dname ) |
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MNC_GRID_INIT( myThid, fname, gname, ndim, dnames ) |
MNC_GRID_INIT( myThid, fname, gname, ndim, dnames ) |
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MNC_GRID_SET_XY_1DLL( myThid, fname, gname, lats, lons ) |
MNC_GRID_SET_LL( myThid, fname, gname, type, lats, lons ) |
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MNC_GRID_SET_XY_2DLL( myThid, fname, gname, lats, lons ) |
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MNC_VAR_INIT_DBL( myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval ) |
MNC_VAR_INIT_DBL( myThid, fname, gname, vname, units ) |
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MNC_VAR_INIT_REAL( myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval ) |
MNC_VAR_INIT_REAL( myThid, fname, gname, vname, units ) |
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MNC_VAR_INIT_INT( myThid, fname, gname, vname, fillval ) |
MNC_VAR_INIT_INT( myThid, fname, gname, vname, units ) |
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MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_STR( myThid, vname, name, sval ) |
MNC_VAR_INIT_ANY( myThid, fname, gname, vname, units, type ) |
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MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_INT( myThid, vname, name, ival ) |
MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_STR( myThid, fname, vname, atname, nv, sval ) |
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MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_DBL( myThid, vname, name, dval ) |
MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_DBL( myThid, fname, vname, atname, nv, dval ) |
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MNC_VAR_WRITE( myThid, vname, var ) |
MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_REAL( myThid, fname, vname, atname, nv, rval ) |
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MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_INT( myThid, fname, vname, atname, nv, ival ) |
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MNC_VAR_ADD_ATTR_ANY( myThid, fname, vname, atname, atype, cs,len,dv,rv,iv ) |
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MNC_VAR_WRITE_DBL( myThid, fname, vname, var ) |
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MNC_VAR_WRITE_REAL( myThid, fname, vname, var ) |
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MNC_VAR_WRITE_INT( myThid, fname, vname, var ) |
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MNC_VAR_WRITE_ANY( myThid, fname, vname, vtype, dv, rv, iv ) |
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MNC_VAR_READ( myThid, vname, var ) |
MNC_VAR_READ( myThid, fname, vname, var ) |
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MNC_FILE_CLOSE( myThid, fname ) |
MNC_FILE_CLOSE( myThid, fname ) |
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The above interface is powerful yet easy to use (easier than the |
The above interface is powerful yet easy to use (easier than the |
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entire NetCDF interface) since it helps the user keep track of the |
entire NetCDF interface) since it helps the user keep track of the |
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associations between files, "grids", variables, and dimensions. |
associations between files, "grids", variables, and dimensions. |
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To-Do: |
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1) CNH pointed out that grid interpolation needs to be handled |
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"on-the-fly" since pre-processing would result in overly large |
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input files. We need an interpolation API... |