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! begin netcdf 2.4 backward compatibility:
!

!      
! functions in the fortran interface
!
      integer nccre
      integer ncopn
      integer ncddef
      integer ncdid
      integer ncvdef
      integer ncvid
      integer nctlen
      integer ncsfil

      external nccre
      external ncopn
      external ncddef
      external ncdid
      external ncvdef
      external ncvid
      external nctlen
      external ncsfil


      integer ncrdwr
      integer nccreat
      integer ncexcl
      integer ncindef
      integer ncnsync
      integer nchsync
      integer ncndirty
      integer nchdirty
      integer nclink
      integer ncnowrit
      integer ncwrite
      integer ncclob
      integer ncnoclob
      integer ncglobal
      integer ncfill
      integer ncnofill
      integer maxncop
      integer maxncdim
      integer maxncatt
      integer maxncvar
      integer maxncnam
      integer maxvdims
      integer ncnoerr
      integer ncebadid
      integer ncenfile
      integer nceexist
      integer nceinval
      integer nceperm
      integer ncenotin
      integer nceindef
      integer ncecoord
      integer ncemaxds
      integer ncename
      integer ncenoatt
      integer ncemaxat
      integer ncebadty
      integer ncebadd
      integer ncests
      integer nceunlim
      integer ncemaxvs
      integer ncenotvr
      integer nceglob
      integer ncenotnc
      integer ncfoobar
      integer ncsyserr
      integer ncfatal
      integer ncverbos
      integer ncentool


!
! netcdf data types:
!
      integer ncbyte
      integer ncchar
      integer ncshort
      integer nclong
      integer ncfloat
      integer ncdouble

      parameter(ncbyte = 1)
      parameter(ncchar = 2)
      parameter(ncshort = 3)
      parameter(nclong = 4)
      parameter(ncfloat = 5)
      parameter(ncdouble = 6)

!     
!     masks for the struct nc flag field; passed in as 'mode' arg to
!     nccreate and ncopen.
!     

!     read/write, 0 => readonly 
      parameter(ncrdwr = 1)
!     in create phase, cleared by ncendef 
      parameter(nccreat = 2)
!     on create destroy existing file 
      parameter(ncexcl = 4)
!     in define mode, cleared by ncendef 
      parameter(ncindef = 8)
!     synchronise numrecs on change (x'10')
      parameter(ncnsync = 16)
!     synchronise whole header on change (x'20')
      parameter(nchsync = 32)
!     numrecs has changed (x'40')
      parameter(ncndirty = 64)  
!     header info has changed (x'80')
      parameter(nchdirty = 128)
!     prefill vars on endef and increase of record, the default behavior
      parameter(ncfill = 0)
!     do not fill vars on endef and increase of record (x'100')
      parameter(ncnofill = 256)
!     isa link (x'8000')
      parameter(nclink = 32768)

!     
!     'mode' arguments for nccreate and ncopen
!     
      parameter(ncnowrit = 0)
      parameter(ncwrite = ncrdwr)
      parameter(ncclob = nf_clobber)
      parameter(ncnoclob = nf_noclobber)

!     
!     'size' argument to ncdimdef for an unlimited dimension
!     
      integer ncunlim
      parameter(ncunlim = 0)

!     
!     attribute id to put/get a global attribute
!     
      parameter(ncglobal  = 0)

!     
!     advisory maximums:
!     
      parameter(maxncop = 64)
      parameter(maxncdim = 1024)
      parameter(maxncatt = 8192)
      parameter(maxncvar = 8192)
!     not enforced 
      parameter(maxncnam = 256)
      parameter(maxvdims = maxncdim)

!     
!     global netcdf error status variable
!     initialized in error.c
!     

!     no error 
      parameter(ncnoerr = nf_noerr)
!     not a netcdf id 
      parameter(ncebadid = nf_ebadid)
!     too many netcdfs open 
      parameter(ncenfile = -31)   ! nc_syserr
!     netcdf file exists && ncnoclob
      parameter(nceexist = nf_eexist)
!     invalid argument 
      parameter(nceinval = nf_einval)
!     write to read only 
      parameter(nceperm = nf_eperm)
!     operation not allowed in data mode 
      parameter(ncenotin = nf_enotindefine )   
!     operation not allowed in define mode 
      parameter(nceindef = nf_eindefine)   
!     coordinates out of domain 
      parameter(ncecoord = nf_einvalcoords)
!     maxncdims exceeded 
      parameter(ncemaxds = nf_emaxdims)
!     string match to name in use 
      parameter(ncename = nf_enameinuse)   
!     attribute not found 
      parameter(ncenoatt = nf_enotatt)
!     maxncattrs exceeded 
      parameter(ncemaxat = nf_emaxatts)
!     not a netcdf data type 
      parameter(ncebadty = nf_ebadtype)
!     invalid dimension id 
      parameter(ncebadd = nf_ebaddim)
!     ncunlimited in the wrong index 
      parameter(nceunlim = nf_eunlimpos)
!     maxncvars exceeded 
      parameter(ncemaxvs = nf_emaxvars)
!     variable not found 
      parameter(ncenotvr = nf_enotvar)
!     action prohibited on ncglobal varid 
      parameter(nceglob = nf_eglobal)
!     not a netcdf file 
      parameter(ncenotnc = nf_enotnc)
      parameter(ncests = nf_ests)
      parameter (ncentool = nf_emaxname) 
      parameter(ncfoobar = 32)
      parameter(ncsyserr = -31)

!     
!     global options variable. used to determine behavior of error handler.
!     initialized in lerror.c
!     
      parameter(ncfatal = 1)
      parameter(ncverbos = 2)

!
!     default fill values.  these must be the same as in the c interface.
!
      integer filbyte
      integer filchar
      integer filshort
      integer fillong
      real filfloat
      doubleprecision fildoub

      parameter (filbyte = -127)
      parameter (filchar = 0)
      parameter (filshort = -32767)
      parameter (fillong = -2147483647)
      parameter (filfloat = 9.9692099683868690e+36)
      parameter (fildoub = 9.9692099683868690e+36)