[ncl-talk] how to get the dimension size in netcdf file

[David Brown]

Hi Ting,
getfiledimsizes is the function to use.
See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/getfiledimsizes.shtml

The example shows how to get the dimensions names along with the sizes.
 -dave


On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM, LeiTing <leiting2002 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Ncl folks,
> I apologize first if this is a duplicated question though I haven't found
> it.
> I have a netcdf file (the "sparse grid" by NSSL), with ncdump output as
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> dimensions:
>         Lat = 236 ;
>         Lon = 355 ;
>         pixel = 12596 ;
> variables:
>         float RefQC(pixel) ;
> ..............................
> VV
>
> I want to get the dimension lat and lon, which can 't be obtained by ,say,
> dimsize (RefQC).
> They are also not global attributes.
> Hence, I 'm lost on how to access those definitions of "lat" and "lon" in
> the netcdf file.
> Your help is appreciated.
> Best wishes,
> Ting
>
>
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