char array into strings

I feel like a newbie, but I'm stuck.

How do I get an array variable like this stationName variable from 2D to
1D (from char to string), like the timeObs variable is?

ncl 0> f=addfile("20090218_0000.200902180006-GMT.nc","r")
ncl 1> printVarSummary(f->stationName)

Variable: stationName (file variable)
Type: character
Total Size: 12665 bytes
           12665 values
Number of Dimensions: 2
Dimensions and sizes: [recNum | 2533] x [maxStaNamLen | 5]
Coordinates:
Number Of Attributes: 2
 long_name : alphanumeric station identification
 reference : station table
ncl 2>
ncl 3> printVarSummary(f->timeObs)

Variable: timeObs (file variable)
Type: double
Total Size: 20264 bytes
           2533 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes: [recNum | 2533]
Coordinates:
Number Of Attributes: 4
 long_name : time of observation
 units : seconds since 1970-1-1 00:00:00.0
 _FillValue : 1.797693134862316e+308
 standard_name : time
ncl 4>

Thanks, Donna

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Received on Mon Jun 29 2009 - 19:00:33 MDT