SUBROUTINE NC_GDIM  ( nf_fid, cdimstr, ndimval, iret )
C************************************************************************
C* NC_GDIM								*
C*									*
C* This routine gets the value of the specifed dimension from the	*
C* input NCLD data file.						*
C*									*
C* NC_GDIM ( NF_FID, CDIMSTR, NDIMVAL, IRET )				*
C*									*
C* Input parameters:							*
C*	NF_FID		INTEGER		netCDF file ID of input file	*
C*	CDIMSTR		CHAR*		Dimension to be retrieved	*
C*									*
C* Output parameters:							*
C*	NDIMVAL		INTEGER		Value of dimension CDIMSTR	*
C*	IRET		INTEGER		Return code:			*
C*					  0 = normal return		*
C*					 -1 = failure			*
C**									*
C* Log:									*
C* J. Ator/NCEP		02/17	Adapted from WT_GDIM in decod_dcwtwr	*
C************************************************************************
	INCLUDE		'GEMPRM.PRM'
	INCLUDE		'netcdf.inc'
C*
	CHARACTER*(*)	cdimstr
C*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
	iret = -1
C
	ier = NF_INQ_DIMID ( nf_fid, cdimstr, nf_dimid )
	IF ( ier .ne. NF_NOERR ) THEN
	    CALL UT_EMSG ( 0, 'NF_INQ_DIMID for ' // cdimstr, ier )
	    RETURN
	END IF
	ier = NF_INQ_DIMLEN ( nf_fid, nf_dimid, ndimval )
	IF ( ier .ne. NF_NOERR ) THEN
	    CALL UT_EMSG ( 0, 'NF_INQ_DIMLEN for ' // cdimstr, ier )
	    RETURN
	END IF
C
	iret = 0
C*
	RETURN
	END