scipy.io.netcdf.netcdf_file.createVariable

netcdf_file.createVariable(name, type, dimensions)

Create an empty variable for the netcdf_file object, specifying its data type and the dimensions it uses.

Parameters:

name : str

Name of the new variable.

type : dtype or str

Data type of the variable.

dimensions : sequence of str

List of the dimension names used by the variable, in the desired order.

Returns:

variable : netcdf_variable

The newly created netcdf_variable object. This object has also been added to the netcdf_file object as well.

See also

createDimension

Notes

Any dimensions to be used by the variable should already exist in the NetCDF data structure or should be created by createDimension prior to creating the NetCDF variable.