RCMIP5 (version 1.0)

saveNetCDF: Save a cmip5data object to netCDF format

Description

There are at least three ways to save a cmip5data object. First, save it. Second, use as.data.frame. Third, this function will write out a new netCDF file readable by any netCDF-aware software.

Usage

saveNetCDF(x, file = NULL, path = "./", verbose = FALSE,
  saveProvenance = TRUE, originalNames = FALSE, force.ncdf = FALSE)

Arguments

x

A cmip5data object

file

Filename desired. If omitted one will be generated automatically.

path

File path.

verbose

logical. Print info as we go?

saveProvenance

Save the provenance separately?

originalNames

logical. Use original dimension names from file?

force.ncdf

Force use of the older ncdf package for testing?

Value

• The fully-qualified filename that was written (invisible).

Details

If no filename is provided, a meaningful one will be assigned based on the CMIP5 naming convention (but appending 'RCMIP5'). loadCMIP5 should be able to read this file. If saveProvenance is specified, the provenance is saved separately in a comma-separated file of the same name but appending "_prov.csv". (Provenance messages are always saved as netcdf file attributes.)