source: Roms_tools/Diagnostic_tools/get_3dvars.m @ 1

function [n3dvars,varcell,L,M,N]=get_3dvars(nc)
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%  get_3dvars: Get the all prognostic variable names (u,v,zeta,..)
%  and sizes from a netcdf file
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Vars = var(nc);
Varnames = [ncnames(Vars)];
nvar=length(Vars);
ndims=0*(1:nvar);
ligne='                    ';
varstr=repmat(ligne,nvar,1);
n3dvars=0;
for i=1:nvar
  vname=char(Varnames(i));
  myvar=nc{vname};
  ndims(i)=length(dim(myvar));
  if ndims(i)>=3 
    n3dvars=n3dvars+1;
    varstr(n3dvars,1:length(vname))=vname;
    a=size(myvar);
    if ndims(i)==4
      L(n3dvars)=a(4);
      M(n3dvars)=a(3);
      N(n3dvars)=a(2);
    else
      L(n3dvars)=a(3);
      M(n3dvars)=a(2);
      N(n3dvars)=1;
    end
  end
end
varstr=varstr(1:n3dvars,:);
varcell=cellstr(varstr);