      SUBROUTINE CD_GET_VAR_TYPE (dset, varid, vname, vtype, status)

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*
* Read the linked list structure for netcdf variable information: 
* given dset and variable name OR variable ID return variable type.
* If varid is 0 or -999, use vname

* Programmer Ansley Manke
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - 
* 5/2017

* include files
#include "gt_lib.parm"
      INCLUDE "tmap_errors.parm"
      INCLUDE 'netcdf.inc'

* Argument declarations

      CHARACTER*(*) vname
      INTEGER dset, varid, vtype, status
   
* Internal declarations
      INTEGER NCF_GET_VAR_TYPE, TM_LENSTR1
      INTEGER slen, var_id

      status = merr_ok

      var_id = varid
      IF (varid.EQ.0 .OR. varid.EQ.unspecified_int4) THEN
        slen = TM_LENSTR1(vname)
	CALL CD_GET_VAR_ID (dset, vname(:slen), var_id, status)
      ENDIF

      status = NCF_GET_VAR_TYPE(dset, var_id, vtype)
      
      RETURN
      END
