"summary.ncdf" <-
function( object,...){
for ( i in 1:object$nvars ){
vname = object$var[[i]]$name # variable name
ndims = object$var[[i]]$ndims # number of dimensions for this variable
dimstring = paste(vname,'( variable ',as.character(i),') has shape')
for (j in 1:ndims) {
dimstring <- paste(dimstring,
as.character(object$var[[i]]$dim[[j]]$len))
}
cat(dimstring, fill=TRUE)
}
}