accessing netcdf file

Is it possible to create an array of netCDF variables of the same dimension
so they can easily be accessed by the same line of code?

For example I have a netCDF file:
a=addfile(file,"r")

I want to access variables U, V and W in the netCDF file but don't want to
write out a command for each variable:
U=a->U(i:j,k:l,p:q,r:s)

Can I create some sort of array?: X=(/"U","V","W"/)

and access each variable in a loop:
do t=0,2
  U=X{t}(i:j,k:l,p:q,r:s)
  [....do something..]
  delete(U)
end do

I am under the impression that this is not possible, but could be very
useful. If it is possible, could someone explain how to do it?

Thanks,
Nikola

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Received on Thu May 9 01:24:57 2013