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

[Alan Brammer]

Isn't that functionality in this function?
https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/getfilevardimsizes.shtml


Alan.

On 24 April 2015 at 14:36, David Brown <dbrown at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Well we would need to create another function to do that. We will
> consider it. Thanks for the suggestion.
>  -dave
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:32 PM, LeiTing <leiting2002 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Dave,
> > Thank you so much. That is already the solution I need.
> > However, can NCL be "smarter" that ,say, I can directly ask for the size
> of
> > a named dimension?
> > I know I can do it after using the function you pointed out, however, I'm
> > just wondering if there are some tip that directly do it.
> > Thanks a lot.
> > Ting
> >
> >> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:01:50 -0600
> >> Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] how to get the dimension size in netcdf file
> >> From: dbrown at ucar.edu
> >> To: leiting2002 at hotmail.com
> >> CC: ncl-talk at ucar.edu
> >
> >>
> >> 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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