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20030214:read netCDF file - Fortran

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  • Subject: 20030214:read netCDF file - Fortran
  • Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:02:39 -0700
Alexander,

>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:37:16 -0700
>From: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
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>To: address@hidden
>Subject: 20030214:read netCDF file - Fortran

The above message contained the following:

> I am beginner and ask to help me to read contents of a netcdf file only.
> 
> Tell me please, to take advantage of the program ncdump.exe ( or others =
> ?) whether it is necessary previously to write the fortran subroutine to =
> address to it?

The program "ncdump.exe" can be used to print the contents of a netCDF
file without the need to write any other program.

If you want to read the netCDF file into a Fortran program, then you
will have to write the program.  The program "ncdump -h" can be used to
create a CDL version of the netCDF file (a formatted version).  This
file can then be used by the program "ncgen -f" to create a Fortran
program that will create the original netCDF file (but without any data
values).  You could modify this Fortran program to read the netCDF file
rather than write it.

Information on the "ncdump" and "ncgen" programs can be found at

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/docs.html

look for "ncdump" and "ncgen".

General information on the netCDF pacakge can be found at

    http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/index.html

Good luck.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>