Re: .nc file writing problem

You put the *variable* names. filedimdef want *dimension* names

         dimNames = (/"time", "lat", "lon"/)
        dimSizes = (/ -1 , nlat, nlon /)
        dimUnlim = (/ True , False, False/)
        filedimdef(ncdf,dimNames,dimSizes,dimUnlim)

Please look at

         http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/method_2.shtml

On 07/09/2010 02:50 PM, Ioana Colfescu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone please help me with the following problem : I try to write a .nc file containing 5 variables extracted from 5 separate other .nc files.
> I try to do it with the following code but it doeson't work :
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> variables to write in the nc file (needed for the coupler)
> ---------------------------------------------------
> taux=f1->TAUX(0:355,:,:)
> tauy=f2->TAUY(0:355,:,:)
> fsns=f3->FSNS(0:355,:,:)
> lhflx=f4->LHFLX(0:355,:,:)
> flns=f5->FLNS(0:355,:,:)
> ;-------------------------------------------------
> ;create a new nc file with the 5 variables
> ;-------------------------------------------------
> ;system ("rm "+"new.nc")
> ncdf =addfile("new.nc","c")
> time =356
> lon = 256
> lat = 128
> att_names =(/"taux","tauy","fsns","lhflx","flns"/)
> att_dims =(/"time","lat","lon"/)
> ;var_types=(/"float","float","float","float","float"/)
> dimUnlim = (/False,False,False/)
> filedimdef(ncdf,att_names,att_dims,dimUnlim)
>
> (I think there are things I'm missing anyways since I don't write anywhere the grid step for example)
>
> The error I get is :
>
> fatal:Argument type mismatch on argument (2) of (filedimdef) can not coerce
> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 32 in file extract.ncl
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ioana
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