Wrappers for Ginfo that do some further intepretation.`
Usage
Gdescribe(gribhandle)
Gtime(gribhandle,...)
Glevel(gribhandle,...)
Arguments
- gribhandle
A GRIBhandle.
- ...
Options for Ginfo.
Value
Gdescribe() returns a list of parameter name, origin and level.
Gtime returns a string representation of forecast date and range.
Glevel returns level information.
Details
All these functions are called by Gdec to extract specific information. Gdescribe uses information from grib_api. Some local GRIB-1 tables may not be known to grib_api, and they may be made accessible via the data table extratab.
Gtime and Glevel get specific information from a GRIBhandle.