R: Summarizes a netCDF file handle

summary.ncdf {fields} | R Documentation

## Summarizes a netCDF file handle

### Description

Provides a summary of the variable names and sizes from the handle returned from netCDF file.

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'ncdf'
    summary(object,...)

### Arguments

`object` | The "handle" returned by the `read.ncdf` function from the ncdf package.
`...` | Other arguments to pass to this function. Currently, no other arguments are used.

### Details

This function is out of place in fields but was included because often large geophysical data sets are in netCDF format and the ncdf R package is also needed. To date the summary capability in the ncdf package is limited and this function is used to supplement it use. The function is also a a useful device to see how the ncdf object is structured.

### Author(s)

D. Nychka

### See Also

ncdf

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