sdfopen filename <template #timesteps>
Opens a NetCDF or HDF-SDS format file that conforms to the COARDS conventions. The arguments and options are as follows:
filename
template
template has a similar structure to the substitution template in a GrADS data descriptor file. See
Using Templates for details.
#timesteps
template is invoked.
The #timesteps is the sum of the timestep counts in all the
files to be examined, not the count in any one file.
template is automatically accessed as the "time"
or "t" settings in GrADS are altered.
xdfopen to
open a non-COARDS-compliant self-describing file.
uwnd.1989.nc and uwnd.1990.nc, you could
access them both as one GrADS data set by entering:
sdfopen /data/uwnd.1989.nc uwnd.%y4.nc 730