20010117: nc-3.5 Fortran 90: nf90_get_var() on 2D character variable

David,

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> From: "Bennett, David A" <address@hidden>
> Subject: nc-3.5 Fortran 90 question
> Organization: Lockheed Martin Space Systems
> Keywords: 200101162001.f0GK1ue07435

The above message contained the following:

> I was wondering if someone could give me a short description of
> how to read in a two dimensional array of character data from a
> netCDF file using the nc-3.5 Fortran 90 interface.  I am using the
> nf90_get_var( ....) function to do this but an not having much luck.
> I have been using the f90 interface for quite some time now and
> really like it.  I have not had a problem like this before since most
> of my data is numeric (byte, short, float ...).  Thanks if you can help...
> 
> Dave
> 
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> David A. Bennett          mailto:address@hidden
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> Center for Remote Environmental Sensing Technology
> Lockheed Martin Space Systems
> Remote Sensing and Space Science Operations
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I'm afraid that I've never actually used the F90 interface to read
character data and, unfortunately, a colleague who might have is away at
a convention this week.  May I suggest posting a query to the netCDF
mailing-list?  Perhaps someone there has done what you want.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>