The user API is closely related to the NetCDF API. Please refer to http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs for more information on NetCDF APIs. The SCORPIO API is listed below:
Routines for file operations
Library init/finalize routines
I/O decomposition routines
Reading and Writing distributed variables
Misc Utility routines
Non-distributed data routines
Reading/Writing metadata
Routines for defining variables and metadata
Routines to inquire information about data in a file
