[IDV #JXK-933003]: IDV and NetCDF4...

> Hi,
> 
> Is IDV able to deal with NetCDF4 files? I work across the way at EOL (well,
> virtually these days) and have developed an export capability that writes
> our data to NetCDF4 outputs. It makes extensive use of groups, vlens, and
> user types. ncdump and NCL seem to open these files just fine, but IDV
> silently fails? My concern is that there is something flawed about my
> files, or perhaps is IDV confined to classic NetCDF files?  I am using the
> stock NetCDF library to write my files.
> 
> Appreciate any insights you can provide...
> 
> Rick Brownrigg
> 

Hi Rick,

The IDV depends on the NetCDF java to read and write. To export a netcdf4 file 
through NetCDF java requires some c library installed in your system:

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v4.6/reference/netcdf4Clibrary.html

The IDV is not ready for it.

Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JXK-933003
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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