{smcl} {*} {hline} {title:Title} {phang} {bf:ncdisp} {hline 2} Display the structure of a NetCDF file and retrieve information about a specific variable {hline} {title:Syntax} To view metadata for an entire NetCDF file: {phang} {cmd:ncdisp} {cmd:using} {it:file(string)} To view metadata for a specific variable in a NetCDF file: {phang} {cmd:ncdisp} {it:varname} {cmd:using} {it:file(string)} {title:Description} {pstd} {cmd:ncdisp} is used to display the information about a specific variable in a nc file. It reads the file path provided as an argument. {title:Dependencies} {pstd} The {cmd:ncdisp} command requires the NetCDF Java library. Use ncread_init for setting up. {title:Options} {phang} {opt varname} specifies any valid Stata expression. {phang} {opt file} specifies the path to the NetCDF file. {title:Stored results} {phang} ncdisp stores the following in r(): {phang} local {phang} {opt r(varname)} returns the name of the variable. {phang} {opt r(dimensions)} returns the dimensions of the variable. {phang} {opt r(coordinates)} returns the coordinate axes of the variable. {phang} {opt r(datatype)} returns the data type of the variable. {marker examples}{...} {title:Examples} {pstd}Display the meta information of the entrie NetCDF file:{p_end} {phang2}{cmd:. ncdisp using "Hunan.nc"}{p_end} {pstd}Display the meta information of the variable:{p_end} {phang2}{cmd:. ncdisp tas using "Hunan.nc"}{p_end} {title:Author} {pstd}Kerry Du{p_end} {pstd}School of Managemnet, Xiamen University, China{p_end} {pstd}Email: kerrydu@xmu.edu.cn{p_end} {pstd}Chunxia Chen{p_end} {pstd}School of Managemnet, Xiamen University, China{p_end} {pstd}Email: 35720241151353@stu.xmu.edu.cn {pstd}Shuo Hu{p_end} {pstd}School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China{p_end} {pstd}advancehs@163.com{p_end} {pstd}Yang Song{p_end} {pstd}School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, China{p_end} {pstd}Email: ss0706082021@163.com {pstd}Ruipeng Tan{p_end} {pstd}School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, China{p_end} {pstd}Email: tanruipeng@hfut.edu.cn {title:Also see} {psee} Online: {help ncread} {p_end}