ucar.nc2.dt.point

Class UnidataObsDatasetHelper

java.lang.Object

ucar.nc2.dt.point.UnidataObsDatasetHelper

public class UnidataObsDatasetHelper
extends Object

Helper routines for station/point datasets

Author:

caron

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UnidataObsDatasetHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Dimension	findDimension(NetcdfFile ds, String name)
static Variable	findVariable(NetcdfFile ds, String name)
static LatLonRect	getBoundingBox(NetcdfDataset ds)
static Variable	getCoordinate(NetcdfDataset ds, AxisType a) Tries to find the coordinate variable of the specified type.
static Date	getEndDate(NetcdfDataset ds)
static Date	getStartDate(NetcdfDataset ds)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UnidataObsDatasetHelper

public UnidataObsDatasetHelper()

Method Detail

getStartDate

public static Date getStartDate(NetcdfDataset ds)

getEndDate

public static Date getEndDate(NetcdfDataset ds)

getBoundingBox

public static LatLonRect getBoundingBox(NetcdfDataset ds)

getCoordinate

public static Variable getCoordinate(NetcdfDataset ds,
                     AxisType a)

Tries to find the coordinate variable of the specified type.

Parameters:

ds - look in this dataset

a - AxisType.LAT, LON, HEIGHT, or TIME

Returns:

coordinate variable, or null if not found.

findVariable

public static Variable findVariable(NetcdfFile ds,
                    String name)

findDimension

public static Dimension findDimension(NetcdfFile ds,
                      String name)