Re: NetCDF Java version 2.2: release time? (fwd)

Hi Gerald:

You should be able to use it. The stability and code quality is moderately
good. However, until we implement the NetCDF-4 reader, we are not sure if the
API might need some (probably minor) changes. We anticipate a stable NetCDF-4
format by fall of 2006.

the size of the .5 degree grids are large, so the nc file will probably be
over 2 gigs.

1089448494 Jun  6 10:08 GFS_Global_0p5deg_20060606_1200.grib2


there is a command line program call Grib2Netcdf,
% java -Xmx512m -classpath $CP ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.Grib2Netcdf $INPUT $NC

where $CP is CLASSPATH and of course $INPUT input grib and $NC is output
file.

robb...



Gerald Spreitzhofer wrote:
> Dear John,
> I am trying to convert the GFS model output (Unidata provides resolutions
> of 0.5 degrees only in Grib2 format) into a NetCDF file, but have not
> found any fully working Grib2-to-NetCDF-converters so far (degrib also
> does not provide full functionality).
> When will NetCDF-Java 2.2 (which could probably do the job) be beta or
> available as production release? Might the alpha version already be used
> fo Grib2 decoding, or is it still to unstable?
> Regards, Gerald
>
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> Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics
> University of Vienna
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