* +-======-+ 
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*  Government Agency Original Software Designation: GSC-15354-1
*  Government Agency Original Software Title:  GEOS-5 GCM Modeling Software
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*  Government Agency Point of Contact for Original Software:  
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* +-======-+ 
function getobs (args)

EXPORT = subwrd(args,1)
GC     = subwrd(args,2)
RCFILE = subwrd(args,3)

* Ensure UpperCase EXPORT and GC
* ------------------------------
'run uppercase 'EXPORT
                EXPORT = result
'run uppercase 'GC
                GC     = result

* Get Info from RCFILE
* --------------------
'run getenv "GEOSUTIL"'
             geosutil = result
'!'geosutil'/plots/chckrc 'EXPORT' 'GC' 'RCFILE

obsnam = sublin( read(hist.txt),2 )
obsdsc = sublin( read(hist.txt),2 )
fname  = sublin( read(hist.txt),2 )
ftype  = sublin( read(hist.txt),2 )
qname  = sublin( read(hist.txt),2 )
scale  = sublin( read(hist.txt),2 )
            rc =close(hist.txt)

if( ftype = "NULL" )
    say EXPORT' from 'GC' not found!'
    return 'NULL NULL 1.0  NULL NULL'
endif

'getfile 'fname
          file = result

* Open Observation Dataset
* ------------------------
    say 'Opening: 'fname
    say '   Desc: 'obsdsc
    say '         '

if( file  = "NULL" )
if( ftype = "BIN"  ) ; '   open 'fname ; endif
if( ftype = "HDF"  ) ; 'xdfopen 'fname ; endif
if( ftype = "SDF"  ) ; 'sdfopen 'fname ; endif


* Set Dimension Environment
* -------------------------
'getinfo numfiles'
            file = result
endif

return qname' 'file' 'scale' 'obsdsc' 'obsnam