EPIC System Library User's Guide

Version 2.3, August 2000

• Forward
• Introduction
  • The EPIC System Library
  • About This Manual
• EPS File Compunents
  • Data Files
    • Classic EPIC Files
    • NetCDF Files
    • ASCII data files (read only)
  • Variables
  • Axes
    • Longitude Axes
    • Latitude Axes
    • Depth Axes
    • Time Axes
  • Attributes
• Examples of the EPS Library Usage
  • Read an EPS File
    • Open Pointer File for Reading
    • Position to the Next Data File
    • Get Variable Information and Data Values
    • Get Axis Information and Axis Values
    • Get Attribute Information and Attribute Values
    • Close Pointer File
  • Create an EPS File
    • Open Pointer File for Writing
    • Position to the Next Data File
    • Initialize Variable codes
    • Write Axis and Variable
    • Write Global Attributes
    • Close Pointer File
  • Compile Your Program with EPS Library
• EPS File Manipulation Routines
  • Open an EPS File
  • Close an EPS File
  • Position to Next Data File
  • Get Total Number of Data Files in Database
  • Check the Last Data File in Database
  • Get Current Data File Path Name
  • Get File and Data Type
  • Set Sort Criteria
  • Set EPS Error Handling Options
  • Get EPS Error Code
  • Get EPS Error Message
  • EPS Error Handler
• EPS Time Manipulation Routines
  • Convert EPS Time to MDYHMS
  • Convert MDYHMS to EPS Time
  • Convert EPS Time to Year-Day Number
  • Convert Year-Day Number to EPS Time
  • Convert EPS Time to Formatted String
  • Convert Formatted String to EPS Time
  • Subtract EPS Times
  • Add EPS Times
  • Compute Number of Time Intervals
  • Convert Array of Numbers to EPS Time Array
  • Convert EPS Time Array to Array of Numbers
  • Convert Month from String to Integer
• Variable Routines
  • Get Variable Code from Its Generic Name in Epic.key File
  • Get Variable Information from Variable Code in Epic.key File
  • Define a Variable
  • Re-define a Variable
  • Get Variable Code from Its Generic Name in an EPS File
  • Get Variable Information from Its Variable Code in an EPS File
  • Get Variable Name from Its Variable Code in an EPS File
  • Get Generic Name from Its Variable Code in an EPS File
  • Get Variable Code from Its Short Name in an EPS File
  • Get Variable Shape
  • Get the List of Variable Codes
  • Get Variable Data
  • Write Variable Data
  • Copy Variable Information
  • Append Variable Data
  • Overwrite Variable Data
• Axis Routines
  • Set Axis Information
  • Set Axis Coordinates Value
  • Get Axis Information
  • Get Axis Name
  • Get Axis Coordinates Value
  • Copy a Grid
  • Check Grid Equality
  • Load Index Array
  • Load User Coordinates Array
  • Transform from Index to User Coordinates
  • Transform from User to Index Coordinates
  • Get Axis Direction (NetCDF File Only)
  • Get the Time Base (NetCDf File Only)
  • Set Unlimited Axis Name
  • Get Unlimited Axis Name (NetCDF File Only)
  • Append Axis Coordinates (NetCDF File Only)
  • Overwrite Axis Coordinates (NetCDF File Only)
• Attribute Routines
  • Create an Attribute
  • Get the Total Number of Attributes
  • Get Attribute Name from Its Number
  • Get Attribute Information
  • Get Attribute Data
  • Copy Attributes
  • Delete an Attribute
  • Find an Attribute
  • Add an Comment to Program Comment Attribute Stack
  • Get Data Comment Attribute and Program Comment Attributes
  • Get Hydrographic Attributes
  • Get the Time Series Attributes
  • Get Composite Time Series Information
  • Get Composite Data
• Revision Notes
  • Version 1.0 to 2.0
  • Version 2.0 to version 2.1
    • Version 2.1b
    • Version 2.1c
    • Version 2.1d
  • Version 2.1 to 2.2
    • Version 2.2a
    • Version 2.2b
    • Version 2.2c
    • Version 2.2d
    • Version 2.2e
    • Version 2.2f
• Summary of C Interface
• Summary of FORTRAN Interface
• Epic.key File
• PMEL-EPIC netCDF Conventions
• EPS Implementation of Unidata NetCDF File Format
  • Time Units and Formats
  • Spatial Axis Names and Units
  • Dimension Numbers and Order
  • Variable Data Types
• EPS Implementation of ASCII Data File Format
  • Generic ASCII file format
  • Internal PMEL ASCII PROTENUS mooring Data File