From 33ba41ed655a8711f9fad7b279bad799145a6f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Howard Soh <hsoh@seneca.rap.ucar.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 21:45:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #2857 Added MetNcCFDataFile::build_grid_from_lat_lon_vars

---
 src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.cc | 8 ++++++++
 src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.h  | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.cc b/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.cc
index 1a11af2b0d..8c4373a62c 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.cc
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.cc
@@ -673,4 +673,12 @@ long MetNcCFDataFile::convert_value_to_offset(double z_value, string z_dim_name)
    return z_offset;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+Grid MetNcCFDataFile::build_grid_from_lat_lon_vars(NcVar *lat_var, NcVar *lon_var,
+                                            const long lat_counts, const long lon_counts) {
+   return (nullptr != _file) ? _file->build_grid_from_lat_lon_vars(lat_var, lon_var, lat_counts, lon_counts) : grid();
+}
+
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.h b/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.h
index a80b176c3a..05e68fc54f 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.h
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_cf/data2d_nc_cf.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ class MetNcCFDataFile : public Met2dDataFile {
 
       void dump(std::ostream &, int = 0) const;
 
+      Grid build_grid_from_lat_lon_vars(netCDF::NcVar *lat_var, netCDF::NcVar *lon_var,
+                                        const long lat_counts, const long lon_counts);
+
 };