= PDAFomi_set_disttype =

This page documents the routine `PDAFomi_set_disttype` of PDAF. The routine was introduced by PDAF version 2.3.1.

The routine sets `thisobs%disttype`. It avoids to directly initialize elements of the data type `thisobs` in the code, which can be problematic in some programming languages.

For details on `thisobs%disttype` see the [wiki:OMI_observation_modules documentation of OMI observation modules].

The interface is:
{{{
  SUBROUTINE PDAFomi_set_disttype(thisobs, disttype)

    TYPE(obs_f), INTENT(inout) :: thisobs     ! Observation type
    INTEGER, INTENT(in) :: disttype           ! Type of distance calculation
}}}

'''Note: '''
 * When using Fortran, one can also initialize `thisobs%disttype` directly