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Re: 20010623: netCDF into ArcView GIS format

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  • Subject: Re: 20010623: netCDF into ArcView GIS format
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 21:47:14 -0600
>To: "'address@hidden'" <address@hidden>
>From: Trevor Gilbert <address@hidden>
>Subject: netCDF into ArcView GIS format
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200106230458.f5N4wc101636

Hi Trevor,

> I am looking to find a way to import netCDF files (most meteorological
> datasets) into a GIS readable format.
> 
> The ArcView software can import ASCII files, excel and dbase formats.
> 
> Do you or your group have software that will convert netCDF files into any
> these easily.?

You can use the ncdump utility that comes with netCDF to get an ASCII
version of the data, but it would require some reformatting to make it
suitable as input to another program.  You could do that reformatting
with a text editor for a small amount of data, but if you have many
files or lots of data, you'd need to automate the conversion with
another program or script.

A few other possibilities appear in this support reply to a similar
question:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/netcdf/3895

--Russ