subroutine assignnemsiovar(im,jsta,jend,jsta_2l,jend_2u,l,nrec, &
                                 fldsize,spval,tmp,recname,reclevtyp, &
                                 reclev,VarName,VcoordName,buf)
!      
      use ctlblk_mod, only: me
      implicit none
      INCLUDE "mpif.h"
!
      integer,     intent(in)  :: im,jsta,jend,jsta_2l,jend_2u,l,nrec,fldsize
      integer,     intent(in)  :: reclev(nrec)
      real,        intent(in)  :: spval,tmp(fldsize*nrec)
      character(*),intent(in)  :: recname(nrec)
      character(*),intent(in)  :: reclevtyp(nrec)
      character(*),intent(in)  :: VarName,VcoordName
      real,        intent(out) :: buf(im,jsta_2l:jend_2u)
      integer                  :: fldst,recn,js,j,i 
      
      call getrecn(recname,reclevtyp,reclev,nrec,varname,VcoordName,l,recn)
      if(recn /= 0) then
        fldst = (recn-1)*fldsize
        do j=jsta,jend
          js = (j-jsta)*im
          do i=1,im
            buf(i,j) = tmp(i+js+fldst)
          enddo
        enddo
      else
        if(jsta == 1 .and. me == 0) print*,'fail to read ',        &
           varname,VcoordName,l ,' assign missing value'
        buf = spval
      endif


      RETURN
      END   

!-----------------------------------------------------------------------
!#######################################################################
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------
!
      SUBROUTINE getrecn(recname,reclevtyp,reclev,nrec,fldname,          &
                         fldlevtyp,fldlev,recn)
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------
!-- this subroutine searches the field list to find out a specific field,
!-- and return the field number for that field
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------
!
        use ctlblk_mod, only: me
        implicit none
!
        integer,intent(in)      :: nrec
        character(*),intent(in) :: recname(nrec)
        character(*),intent(in) :: reclevtyp(nrec)
        integer,intent(in)      :: reclev(nrec)
        character(*),intent(in) :: fldname
        character(*),intent(in) :: fldlevtyp
        integer,intent(in)      :: fldlev
        integer,intent(out)     :: recn
!
        integer i
!
        recn=0
        do i=1,nrec
          if(trim(recname(i))   == trim(fldname)   .and.                &
             trim(reclevtyp(i)) == trim(fldlevtyp) .and.                &
            reclev(i) == fldlev) then
            recn = i
            return
          endif
        enddo
!
        if(recn == 0 .and. me == 0) print *,'WARNING: field ',          &
                              trim(fldname),' ', trim(fldlevtyp),' ',   &
                              fldlev,' is not in the nemsio file!'
!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------
!
      END SUBROUTINE getrecn