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Extract variables from NetCDF file

Source: R/load_var.R
load_var.Rd

Extracts a selected parameter from the netCDF file and formats it into a dataframe.

Usage

load_var(
  ncdf,
  var,
  return = "list",
  dim = "model",
  dim_index = 1,
  print = TRUE
)

Arguments

ncdf

filepath; Name of the netCDF file to extract variable

var

character; Name of the variable to be extracted. Must match short name in netCDF file

return

character; Must be either list or array

dim

character; NetCDF dimensions to extract. Must be either "member" or "model". Defaults to "model".

dim_index

numeric; Index of dimension chosen to extract from. Defaults to 1.

print

logical; Print the name and units of the variable extracted, defaults to TRUE

Value

dataframe in the same format as the observation file with the surface in the top column and the bottom in the last column.