The function NF_INQ_DIMID returns (as an argument) the ID of a netCDF dimension, given the name of the dimension. If ndims is the number of dimensions defined for a netCDF dataset, each dimension has an ID between 1 and ndims.
INTEGER FUNCTION NF_INQ_DIMID (INTEGER NCID, CHARACTER*(*) NAME, INTEGER dimid)
NCID
NAME
dimid
NF_INQ_DIMID returns the value NF_NOERR if no errors occurred. Otherwise, the returned status indicates an error. Possible causes of errors include:
Here is an example using NF_INQ_DIMID to determine the dimension ID of a dimension named lat, assumed to have been defined previously in an existing netCDF dataset named foo.nc:
INCLUDE 'netcdf.inc' ... INTEGER STATUS, NCID, LATID ... STATUS = NF_OPEN('foo.nc', NF_NOWRITE, NCID) IF (STATUS .NE. NF_NOERR) CALL HANDLE_ERR(STATUS) ... STATUS = NF_INQ_DIMID(NCID, 'lat', LATID) IF (STATUS .NE. NF_NOERR) CALL HANDLE_ERR(STATUS)