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[netCDFJava #SBB-665470]: xml to netcdf

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  • Subject: [netCDFJava #SBB-665470]: xml to netcdf
  • Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:42:36 -0600
Greetings Ghansham,

Yes, you can convert NcML to a netCDF file using netCDF-Java. See

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ncml/

for more details (look for "Using NcML to create a NetCDF-3 file").
The link above uses ucar.nc2.FileWriter, which is deprecated, but
should still work if you are looking for something quick.

That said, I would recommend using

ucar.nc2.FileWriter2

(www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v4.3/javadoc/ucar/nc2/FileWriter2.html)

and, if you have the C library of netCDF installed, you can directly write out a
netCDF-4 file, thus skipping the conversion using NCO.

See the first link for more info on the structure of NcML.

Cheers,

Sean

> R/Sir
> 
> 
> Is there a way to convert raw data to netcdf using XML.
> 
> I read somewhere:
> 
> http://hdf-forum.184993.n3.nabble.com/h5gen-or-any-h5dump-generated-XML-to-HDF5-td3719793.html
> 
> See post by H. Joe Lee....
> It states something like this:
> Create NcML file (a variant of XML) and use NetCDF-Java to generate an
> NetCDF-3  file [1].
> Then convert the NetCDF-3 to NetCDF-4 using NCO  [2].
> 
> The converted NetCDF-4 file is HDF5 file.
> You got the HDF5 from XML (NcML).
> 
> 
> 
> Ghansham
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SBB-665470
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open