private void createDataVariables(List<VariableSimpleIF> dataVars) throws IOException {
/* height variable
Variable heightVar = ncfile.addStringVariable(altName, recordDims, 20);
ncfile.addVariableAttribute(heightVar, new Attribute("long_name", "height of observation"));
ncfile.addVariableAttribute(heightVar, new Attribute("units", altUnits)); */
Variable v = ncfile.addVariable(parentProfileIndex, DataType.INT, recordDimName);
ncfile.addVariableAttribute(v, new Attribute("long_name", "index of parent profile"));
v = ncfile.addVariable(nextObsName, DataType.INT, recordDimName);
ncfile.addVariableAttribute(
v, new Attribute("long_name", "record number of next obs in linked list for this profile"));
// find all dimensions needed by the data variables
for (VariableSimpleIF var : dataVars) {
List<Dimension> dims = var.getDimensions();
dimSet.addAll(dims);
}
// add them
for (Dimension d : dimSet) {
if (!d.isUnlimited())
ncfile.addDimension(d.getName(), d.getLength(), d.isShared(), false, d.isVariableLength());
}
// add the data variables all using the record dimension
for (VariableSimpleIF oldVar : dataVars) {
List<Dimension> dims = oldVar.getDimensions();
StringBuffer dimNames = new StringBuffer(recordDimName);
for (Dimension d : dims) {
if (!d.isUnlimited()) dimNames.append(" ").append(d.getName());
}
Variable newVar =
ncfile.addVariable(oldVar.getName(), oldVar.getDataType(), dimNames.toString());
List<Attribute> atts = oldVar.getAttributes();
for (Attribute att : atts) {
ncfile.addVariableAttribute(newVar, att);
}
}
}
private int[] getWeights(Variable v) {
int rank = v.getRank();
int[] w = new int[rank];
for (int n = 0; n < rank; n++) {
Dimension dim = v.getDimension(n);
String dimName = dim.getName();
if (dimName.equals("time")) w[n] = 1000;
if (dimName.equals("z")) w[n] = 100;
if (dimName.equals("y")) w[n] = 10;
if (dimName.equals("x")) w[n] = 1;
}
return w;
}