Read and write attributes on a NetCDF file

Read and write metadata information of a NetCDF files

Usage

atr(file = NA, var = "?", att = NA, action = "na", value = NA, verbose = T)

Arguments

file: file name
var: variable name, 0 to global and "?" to show options
att: attribute names (NA for get all attnames)
action: "na" (only print), "write" or "get" (return the value) of an attribute
value: value to write
verbose: display additional information

Examples

nc <- paste0(system.file("extdata",package="eva3dm"),'/wrfinput_d01')
atr(nc,0)
#> global attributes:
#> TITLE START_DATE SIMULATION_START_DATE WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION SOUTH-NORTH_GRID_DIMENSION BOTTOM-TOP_GRID_DIMENSION DX DY GRIDTYPE DIFF_OPT KM_OPT DAMP_OPT DAMPCOEF KHDIF KVDIF MP_PHYSICS RA_LW_PHYSICS RA_SW_PHYSICS SF_SFCLAY_PHYSICS SF_SURFACE_PHYSICS BL_PBL_PHYSICS CU_PHYSICS SF_LAKE_PHYSICS SURFACE_INPUT_SOURCE SST_UPDATE GRID_FDDA GFDDA_INTERVAL_M GFDDA_END_H GRID_SFDDA SGFDDA_INTERVAL_M SGFDDA_END_H HYPSOMETRIC_OPT USE_THETA_M USE_MAXW_LEVEL USE_TROP_LEVEL GWD_OPT SF_URBAN_PHYSICS SF_OCEAN_PHYSICS SIMULATION_INITIALIZATION_TYPE WEST-EAST_PATCH_START_UNSTAG WEST-EAST_PATCH_END_UNSTAG WEST-EAST_PATCH_START_STAG WEST-EAST_PATCH_END_STAG SOUTH-NORTH_PATCH_START_UNSTAG SOUTH-NORTH_PATCH_END_UNSTAG SOUTH-NORTH_PATCH_START_STAG SOUTH-NORTH_PATCH_END_STAG BOTTOM-TOP_PATCH_START_UNSTAG BOTTOM-TOP_PATCH_END_UNSTAG BOTTOM-TOP_PATCH_START_STAG BOTTOM-TOP_PATCH_END_STAG GRID_ID PARENT_ID I_PARENT_START J_PARENT_START PARENT_GRID_RATIO DT CEN_LAT CEN_LON TRUELAT1 TRUELAT2 MOAD_CEN_LAT STAND_LON POLE_LAT POLE_LON GMT JULYR JULDAY MAP_PROJ MAP_PROJ_CHAR MMINLU NUM_LAND_CAT ISWATER ISLAKE ISICE ISURBAN ISOILWATER HYBRID_OPT ETAC
atr(nc,'Times')
#> variable Times attritutes:
#> not found
atr(nc,'XLAT')
#> variable XLAT attritutes:
#> MemoryOrder description units stagger FieldType
atr(nc,'XLONG')
#> variable XLONG attritutes:
#> MemoryOrder description units stagger FieldType

atr(nc,'XLONG','MemoryOrder')
#> XLONG attribute MemoryOrder:
#> XY
atr(nc,'XLONG','description')
#> XLONG attribute description:
#> LONGITUDE, WEST IS NEGATIVE
atr(nc,'XLONG','units')
#> XLONG attribute units:
#> degree east
atr(nc,'XLONG','stagger')
#> XLONG attribute stagger:
#> empty
atr(nc,'XLONG','FieldType')
#> XLONG attribute FieldType:
#> 104