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57    <h1><font size="-2">ReadWrite/</font></h1>
58    <h2>ncdf_getatt.pro</h2>
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60    <dl>
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63   
64 Get variable attibutes from a NetCDF file
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70      <a name="#_ncdf_getatt"></a>
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72      <h2>ncdf_getatt  <font size="-1" color="#006633">
73 Read NetCDF file
74</font></h2>
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76      <p><font face="Courier">ncdf_getatt<i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_fileid">fileid</a>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_varid">varid</a></i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_ADD_OFFSET">ADD_OFFSET</a>=<i>ADD_OFFSET</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_SCALE_FACTOR">SCALE_FACTOR</a>=<i>SCALE_FACTOR</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_MISSING_VALUE">MISSING_VALUE</a>=<i>MISSING_VALUE</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_UNITS">UNITS</a>=<i>UNITS</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_CALENDAR">CALENDAR</a>=<i>CALENDAR</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_LONG_NAME">LONG_NAME</a>=<i>LONG_NAME</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_STANDARD_NAME">STANDARD_NAME</a>=<i>STANDARD_NAME</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_DOUBLE">DOUBLE</a>=<i>1 or 0</i>, <a href="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword__extra">_extra</a>=<i>_extra</i></font></p>
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84    <h3>Parameters</h3>
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87    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_fileid"></a>
88    <h4>fileid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
89      <font size="-1" color="#006633">in</font>
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92      <font size="-1" color="#006633">required</font>
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94      <font size="-1" color="#006633">type:</font> <font size="-1" color="#006633"><i>salar string or long</i></font>
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97    </h4>
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100 if fileid is a scalar string then it is the name of the file (with
101 the full path) to be opened (in that case, the file will be opened
102 and closed within ncdf_getatt).
103 if fileid is a scalar long then it is the id of the file return by a call
104 to ncdf_open outside of ncdf_getatt (in that case, the file will
105 NOT be opened and closed within ncdf_getatt)
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109    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_varid"></a>
110    <h4>varid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
111      <font size="-1" color="#006633">in</font>
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114      <font size="-1" color="#006633">required</font>
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116      <font size="-1" color="#006633">type:</font> <font size="-1" color="#006633"><i>salar string or long</i></font>
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119    </h4>
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122 The netCDF variable ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_VARDEF
123 or NCDF_VARID, or the name of the variable.
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129    <h3>Keywords</h3>
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132    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_ADD_OFFSET"></a>
133    <h4>ADD_OFFSET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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145 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
146 add_offset attribute is returned. Return 0. if this attribute
147 doesn't exist.
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150    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_SCALE_FACTOR"></a>
151    <h4>SCALE_FACTOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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160    </h4>
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163 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
164 scale_factor attribute is returned. Return 0. if this attribute
165 doesn't exist.
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168    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_MISSING_VALUE"></a>
169    <h4>MISSING_VALUE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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178    </h4>
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181 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
182 missing_value or _fillvalue attribute is returned. Return the scalar
183 'no' if this attribute doesn't exist.
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186    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_UNITS"></a>
187    <h4>UNITS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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196    </h4>
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199 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
200 units attribute is returned. Return the empty string '' if this attribute
201 doesn't exist.
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204    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_CALENDAR"></a>
205    <h4>CALENDAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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214    </h4>
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217 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
218 calendar attribute is returned. Return the string 'greg' if this attribute
219 doesn't exist.
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222    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_LONG_NAME"></a>
223    <h4>LONG_NAME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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232    </h4>
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235 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
236 long_name is returned. Return empty string if this attribute
237 does not exist.
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240    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_STANDARD_NAME"></a>
241    <h4>STANDARD_NAME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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250    </h4>
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253 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of
254 standard_name (CF convention) is returned. Return empty string
255 if this attribute does not exist.
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258    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword_DOUBLE"></a>
259    <h4>DOUBLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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264     
265      <font size="-1" color="#006633">type:</font> <font size="-1" color="#006633"><i>1 or 0</i></font>
266      <font size="-1" color="#006633">default:</font> <font size="-1" color="#006633"><i>0</i></font>
267     
268    </h4>
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271 activate to force double-precision floating-point value of
272 add_offset and scale_factor
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275    <a name="#_ncdf_getatt_keyword__extra"></a>
276    <h4>_extra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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285    </h4>
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288 defined only to be able to call ncdf_getatt with the _extra keyword
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293    <h3>Examples</h3><pre>
294 IDL> ncdf_getatt, cdfid, 'sst', add_offset = add_offset, scale_factor = scale_factor, units = units
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296    </pre><h3>Version history</h3>
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298    <h4>Version</h4>
299 $Id: ncdf_getatt.pro 334 2008-03-07 14:39:18Z smasson $
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301    <h4>History</h4>
302 August 2007: Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr)
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