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v5d_setUnits

Sets a name for physical units for a variable in a Vis5D+ format file.

Prototype

	procedure v5d_setUnits (
		variable [1] : integer,  
		units    [*] : string    
	)

Arguments

variable

The variable number of the Vis5D+ format variable with which to associate physical units, in the range [1...(numvars-1)]

units

The descriptive name and type of physical units with which to associate the variable.

Description

v5d_setUnits() associates a descriptive name and type of physical units with a variable in a Vis5D+ format file.

For further information on Vis5D+ and file formats, see documentation at the Vis5D website.

See Also

v5d_create, v5d_write, v5d_write_var, v5d_close, v5d_setLowLev

Examples

Example


  Assignment        Comments

  ...
  vars    = (/"T", "P", "S"/)
  numvars = dimsizes(vars)     ; here 3
  v5d_create(...)

  ;; for variable "P"
  v5d_setUnits(1, "millibars")
  v5d_write(...)