3.1.2 Creating a NetCDF File in Fortran 77
Use NF_CREATE to create a file. Then use NF_DEF_DIM to define each
shared dimension. The data variables are then specified with
NF_DEF_VAR. Any attributes are added with NF_PUT_ATT. Finally, call
NF_ENDDEF to tell the library that you are done defining the metadata,
and ready to start writing the data.
After all data are written to the file, call NF_CLOSE to ensure that
all buffers are flushed, and any resources associated with the
open file are returned to the operating system.
For a typical sequence of calls see Creating a NetCDF Dataset (The NetCDF Fortran 77 Interface Guide).
Fortran users take note: the netCDF Fortran 77 API consists of
wrappers around the functions of the netCDF C library. There is no
Fortran 77 code in netCDF except for these wrappers, and tests to
ensure that the wrappers work.
The name of each Fortran function shows the outline of the C function
it wraps (for example, NF_CREATE is a wrapper around nc_create).
