source: LMDZ6/branches/contrails/libf/phylmd/ecrad/test/common/loadnc.m @ 5456

function [data, attribute] = load_nc_struct(nc_file, names);
% load_nc_struct -- Load NetCDF variables and attributes.
%
% [data, attribute] = load_nc_struct('nc_file') loads all variables of
%   'nc_file' into structure 'data' and all attributes into structure
%   'attribute', so variable 'X' could then be accessed using 'data.X'
%   and attribute 'long_name' of 'X' could be accessed with
%   'attribute.X.long_name'.  
 
if nargin < 1, help(mfilename), return, end

result = [];
if nargout > 0, data = []; attribute = []; end

ncid = netcdf.open(nc_file, 'nowrite');
if isempty(ncid), return, end
disp(['Loading ' nc_file]);

if nargin < 2
  names = var_names(ncid);
end

allnames = var_names(ncid);

disp(['Variables:']);
for ii = 1:length(names)
  if any(strcmp(names{ii},allnames))
    newname = names{ii};
    newname(find(newname == '-')) = '_';
    newname(find(newname == '.')) = '_';
    newname(find(newname == '@')) = '_';
    varid = netcdf.inqVarID(ncid, names{ii});

    [varname, xtype,dimids,natts] = netcdf.inqVar(ncid, varid);

    [add_offset, scale_factor] = get_scaling(ncid, varid);

    if xtype == netcdf.getConstant('NC_FLOAT') | ~isempty(add_offset) | ~isempty(scale_factor)
      missing_value = double(get_missing_value(ncid, varid));
      data.(newname) = double(netcdf.getVar(ncid, varid));
    else
      missing_value = get_missing_value(ncid, varid);
      data.(newname) = netcdf.getVar(ncid, varid);
    end

    if ~isempty(missing_value)
      data.(newname)(find(data.(newname) == missing_value)) = NaN;
    end

    if ~isempty(scale_factor)
       data.(newname) = data.(newname) .* scale_factor;
    else
       scale_factor = 1.0;
    end
    if ~isempty(add_offset)
       data.(newname) = data.(newname) + add_offset;
    else
       add_offset = 0.0;
    end
    
    if nargout > 1
      % Do attributes
      for jj = 1:natts
        % Check for underscore starting attribute name
        attname = netcdf.inqAttName(ncid, varid, jj-1);
        attname_mod = attname;
        if strcmp(attname,'_FillValue')
          attname_mod = 'FillValue_';
        elseif attname(1) == '_'
          warning([newname '.' attname ' changed to ' names{ii} ':X' attname]);
          attname = ['X' attname];
        end
        eval(['attribute.' names{ii} '.' attname_mod ' = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, attname);']);
      end
    end
  
    the_size = size(data.(newname));
    if the_size(end) == 1;
       the_size = the_size(1:end-1);
    end

    long_name = '';
    try
      long_name = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, 'long_name');
      long_name = clean_up_string(long_name);
      long_name = ['"' long_name '"'];
    end
    units = '';
    try
      units = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, 'units');
      units = clean_up_string(units);
      units = [' (' units ')'];
    end
    
    names{ii} = newname;
    

    size_str = num2str(the_size(1));
    for ii = 2:length(the_size);
      size_str = [size_str ',' num2str(the_size(ii))];
    end

    newname = [newname ' (' size_str ')'];
    
    namefill = blanks(max(0,30-length(newname)));


    if add_offset ~= 0.0 | scale_factor ~= 1.0
       scale_str = ' scaled';
    else
       scale_str = '';
    end
    disp([namefill newname ': ' long_name units scale_str]);

  end
end

%if nargout > 1
  % Do global attributes
%  disp('Global attributes:');
%  attnames = ncnames(att(f));
%for ii = 1:length(attnames)
% if isempty(find(attnames{ii} == '/' | attnames{ii} == '-' | attnames{ii} == '+' | attnames{ii} == ' ') > 0)
%   eval(['attr = f.' attnames{ii} '(:);']);
%   if ischar(attr)
%     attr = clean_up_string(attr);
%   end
%   eval(['attribute.global.' attnames{ii} ' = attr;']);
%   namefill = blanks(max(0,14-length(attnames{ii})));
%   disp([namefill attnames{ii} ': ' num2str(attr)]);
% else
%   disp(['Attribute name ' attnames{ii} ' incompatible with Matlab - not loaded.'])
% end
%end
%end
netcdf.close(ncid)

function newstr = clean_up_string(oldstr)
newstr = num2str(oldstr);
if length(newstr) > 1
  if newstr(end-1) == '\' & newstr(end) == '0'
    newstr = deblank(newstr(1:end-2));
  end
end

function names = var_names(ncid)
  [ndims,nvars,ngatts,unlimdimid] = netcdf.inq(ncid);
  for ii = 0:nvars-1
    names{ii+1} = netcdf.inqVar(ncid, ii);
  end

function missing_value = get_missing_value(ncid, varid)
  missing_value = [];
  try
    missing_value = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, 'missing_value');
  catch exception
    try
      missing_value = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, '_FillValue');
    end
  end

function [add_offset,scale_factor] = get_scaling(ncid, varid)
  add_offset = [];
  scale_factor = [];
  try
    add_offset   = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, 'add_offset');
  end
  try
    scale_factor = netcdf.getAtt(ncid, varid, 'scale_factor');
  end