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20020414: Converting netCDF to ASCII data format

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  • Subject: 20020414: Converting netCDF to ASCII data format
  • Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:05:26 -0600
>From: okalinga <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Alberta
>Keywords: 200204142334.g3ENYia03883 netCDF ASCII

Oscar,

>I have netCDF (BINARY) data and I would like to convert them to ASCII 
>human-readable format.

I would use the netCDF application ncdump to dump out the contents of
yoru netCDF file.

>My computer is installed with windows 98, MSDOS, 
>Digital Visual Fortran 6.0, Microsoft Visual 6.0, & Watcom C/C++32; I also 
>have access to HPUNIX workstation. May I please know which netCDF package I 
>should use given the above computer environment.

You can get binary distributions of the netCDF library and applications
(ncgen and ncdump) for both your the environments you list.

>I tried using your pre-built netCDF 3.5.0 libraries for Win 95/98/NT but it 
>did not work.

We routinely use the netCDF 3.5.0 binaries on Windows 2000 in-house
with no problems, and we know of a number of sites using the same on
their Windows machines also with no problems.  Perhaps you downloaded
the version that uses shared libraries (DLLs in Windows) and you do not
have your environment setup to use the DLLs where they got installed.

>Looking forward to hearing from you;

Can you describe the problem(s) you are seeing in some detail so we can
better assist you?  Thanks...

>Oscar Kalinga
>University of Alberta
>Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
>CANADA

Tom Yoksas