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Re: 20051201: netCDF C - ncgen

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  • Subject: Re: 20051201: netCDF C - ncgen
  • Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:33:27 -0700
Mutlu Ozdogan <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear Ed,
>
> linking the netcdf library worked beautifully and the code (i called
> foo.c out of ncgen) compiled.  Now I have a more fundamental question.
>
> I understand that one can generate a netCDF file if there is a valid
> *.cdl file that includes the data section.  Alternatively, one can use
> the C code generated out of ncgen to convert a binary file to netCDF
> file.  However, I noticed that the data (to be put into netCDF file)
> is actually stored in the C code as ascii.  So my question is how to
> get my binary data into the C code as comma delimated ascii so that
> the C code can generate the netCDF file.  If I had my data in ascii
> format to begin with, then I could bring it into a cdl file and run
> ncgen on it without the C code generated out of ncgen.  When you geta
> chance, would you be able to explain to me how to take a regular
> multi-date binary files (12 files in my case representing 12 monhly
> precipitation data) and convert it a single netCDF file?
>
> Thank you again for your time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mutlu..
>

Sorry, you've lost me here.

What do you mean by CDL file?

Seems like you need a C program that reads your data file and converts
it to netCDF, correct?

Ed



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