ncdf4 (version 1.23)

nc_create: Create a netCDF File

Description

Creates a new netCDF file on disk, given the variables the new file is to contain.

Usage

nc_create( filename, vars, force_v4=FALSE, verbose=FALSE )

Value

An object of class ncdf4, which has the fields described in nc_open.

Arguments

filename

Name of the netCDF file to be created.

vars

Either an object of class ncvar4 describing the variable to be created, or a vector (or list) of such objects to be created.

force_v4

If TRUE, then the created output file will always be in netcdf-4 format (which supports more features, but cannot be read by version 3 of the netcdf library). If FALSE, then the file is created in netcdf version 3 format UNLESS the user has requested features that require version 4. Deafult is FALSE.

verbose

If TRUE, then information is printed while the file is being created.

Author

David W. Pierce

Details

This routine creates a new netCDF file on disk. The routine must be called with the variables that will be created in the file. Keep in mind that the new file may not actually be written to disk until nc_close is called. Always call nc_close when you are done with your file, or before exiting R!

References

http://dwpierce.com/software

See Also

ncdim_def, ncvar_def.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Define an integer dimension 
dimState <- ncdim_def( "StateNo", "count", 1:50 )

# Make an integer variable.  Note that an integer variable can have
# a double precision dimension, or vice versa; there is no fixed
# relationship between the precision of the dimension and that of the
# associated variable.  We just make an integer variable here for
# illustration purposes.
varPop <- ncvar_def("Pop", "count", dimState, -1, 
		longname="Population", prec="integer")

# Create a netCDF file with this variable
ncnew <- nc_create( "states_population.nc", varPop )

# Write some values to this variable on disk.
popAlabama <- 4447100
ncvar_put( ncnew, varPop, popAlabama, start=1, count=1 )

nc_close(ncnew)

# Clean up example
file.remove( "states_population.nc" )
}