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90 get the time axis from a netcdf_file and transforms it in
91 Julian days of IDL.
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107          <h2><a class="top" href="#container">top</a>ncdf_gettime <span class="categories">
108 Read NetCDF file
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112            <span class="result">result = </span>ncdf_gettime(<span class="result"><a href="#_ncdf_gettime_param_filename">filename</a>, <a href="#_ncdf_gettime_param_cdfid">cdfid</a></span>, <a href="#_ncdf_gettime_keyword_TIMEVAR">TIMEVAR</a>=<span class="result">string</span>, <a href="#_ncdf_gettime_keyword_CALLER">CALLER</a>=<span class="result">scalar</span>, <a href="#_ncdf_gettime_keyword_ERR">ERR</a>=<span class="result">ERR</span>, <a href="#_ncdf_gettime_keyword__EXTRA">_EXTRA</a>=<span class="result">_EXTRA</span>)</p>
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117          <h3>Return value</h3><div class="preformat">
118 a double 1D array of IDL Julian days
119 In case of error return -1 if the time dimension was not found
120               or return -jpt if it as been found that the time dimension size is jpt
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127            <h4 id="_ncdf_gettime_param_filename">filename&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
128              <span class="attr">in</span>
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131              <span class="attr">required</span>
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133              <span class="attr">type:</span> <span class="value">scalar string</span>
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139 the name of the ncdf_file
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142            <h4 id="_ncdf_gettime_param_cdfid">cdfid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
143              <span class="attr">in</span>
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146              <span class="attr">required</span>
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154 the ID of the ncdf_file, which is already open
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164            <h4 id="_ncdf_gettime_keyword_TIMEVAR">TIMEVAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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176 It define the name of the variable that
177 contains the time axis. This keyword can be useful if there
178 is no unlimited dimension or if the time axis selected by default
179 (the first 1D array with unlimited dimension) is not the good one.
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194 Used to specify the error messages. Give the name of the calling
195 procedure. It can be only 'read_ncdf' or 'scanfile'.
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210 Set this keyword to a named variable in which the value of the error
211 message will be returned
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214            <h4 id="_ncdf_gettime_keyword__EXTRA">_EXTRA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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226 _EXTRA to be able to call ncdf_getmask with _extra keyword
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234          <h4>Version</h4><div class="preformat">
235 $Id: ncdf_gettime.pro 358 2008-04-28 09:41:14Z pinsard $</div>
236          <h4>History</h4><div class="preformat">
237 August 2007: Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr)
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246 the calendar variable must have the units attribute
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249 time_counter:units = "seconds since 0001-01-01 00:00:00" ;
250 time_counter:units = "hours since 0001-01-01 00:00:00" ;
251 time_counter:units = "days since 1979-01-01 00:00:00" ;
252 time_counter:units = "months since 1979-01-01 00:00:00" ;
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