open_ncdf {ncdfCF} | R Documentation |
Open a netCDF resource
Description
This function will read the metadata of a netCDF resource and interpret the netCDF dimensions, variables and attributes to generate the corresponding CF objects. The data for the CF variables is not read, please see CFVariable for methods to read the variable data.
Usage
open_ncdf(resource, keep_open = FALSE)
Arguments
resource |
The name of the netCDF resource to open, either a local file name or a remote URI. |
keep_open |
Logical flag to indicate if the netCDF resource has to
remain open after reading the metadata. This should be enabled typically
only for programmatic access or when a remote resource has an expensive
access protocol (i.e. 2FA). The resource has to be explicitly closed with
|
Value
An CFDataset
instance, or an error if the resource was not found
or errored upon reading.
Examples
fn <- system.file("extdata",
"pr_day_EC-Earth3-CC_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_gr_20230101-20231231_vncdfCF.nc",
package = "ncdfCF")
(ds <- open_ncdf(fn))