| 1 | Dimensions |
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| 2 | === |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | This page describles procedures handling NetCDF dimensions. |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | See the [improvements page](improvements.md) for an |
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| 7 | explanation of the mnemonics \"basic change\", \"interface change\", |
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| 8 | \"functionality change\", \"additional procedure\". |
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| 10 | `nf95_def_dim` |
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| 11 | --- |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | (interface change) |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | subroutine nf95_def_dim(ncid, name, nclen, dimid, ncerr) |
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| 16 | integer, intent( in) :: ncid |
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| 17 | character (len = *), intent( in) :: name |
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| 18 | integer, intent( in) :: nclen |
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| 19 | integer, intent(out) :: dimid |
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| 20 | integer, intent(out), optional :: ncerr |
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| 22 | The argument for the length of the dimension is called `nclen` in |
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| 23 | `nf95_def_dim`, instead of `len` in `nf90_def_dim`. `len` is not a good |
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| 24 | choice for a variable name because it is the name of a Fortran intrinsic |
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| 25 | procedure. |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | Reference: |
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| 28 | [`nf90_def_dim`](https://docs.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-fortran/current/f90_dimensions.html#f90-nf90_def_dim) |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | `nf95_inq_dimid` |
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| 31 | --- |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | (basic change) |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | subroutine nf95_inq_dimid(ncid, name, dimid, ncerr) |
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| 36 | integer, intent(in) :: ncid |
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| 37 | character (len = *), intent(in) :: name |
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| 38 | integer, intent(out) :: dimid |
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| 39 | integer, intent(out), optional:: ncerr |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | Reference: |
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| 42 | [`nf90_inq_dimid`](https://docs.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-fortran/current/f90_dimensions.html#f90-nf90_inq_dimid) |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | `nf95_inquire_dimension` |
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| 45 | --- |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | (interface change) |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | subroutine nf95_inquire_dimension(ncid, dimid, name, nclen, ncerr) |
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| 50 | integer, intent( in) :: ncid, dimid |
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| 51 | character (len = *), optional, intent(out) :: name |
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| 52 | integer, optional, intent(out) :: nclen |
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| 53 | integer, intent(out), optional:: ncerr |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | The argument for the length of the dimension is called `nclen` in |
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| 56 | `nf95_inquire_dimension`, instead of `len` in `nf90_inquire_dimension`. |
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| 57 | `len` is not a good choice for a variable name because it is the name of |
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| 58 | a Fortran intrinsic procedure. |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | Reference: |
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| 61 | [`nf90_inquire_dimension`](https://docs.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-fortran/current/f90_dimensions.html#f90-nf90_inquire_dimension) |
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