public void writeHeader(
List<ucar.unidata.geoloc.Station> stns,
List<VariableSimpleIF> vars,
int nprofiles,
String altVarName)
throws IOException {
createGlobalAttributes();
createStations(stns);
createProfiles(nprofiles);
// dummys, update in finish()
ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("zaxis_coordinate", altVarName);
ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("time_coverage_start", dateFormatter.toDateTimeStringISO(new Date()));
ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("time_coverage_end", dateFormatter.toDateTimeStringISO(new Date()));
createDataVariables(vars);
ncfile.create(); // done with define mode
writeStationData(stns); // write out the station info
// now write the observations
if (!(Boolean) ncfile.sendIospMessage(NetcdfFile.IOSP_MESSAGE_ADD_RECORD_STRUCTURE))
throw new IllegalStateException("can't add record variable");
}
