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Hi Heather, As a first step, you might check on upgrading from ArcGIS 9.0 to ArcGIS 9.2, which supports netCDF. ESRI ArcGIS version 9.2 and later support accessing netCDF time-based and multidimensional data that follows CF or COARDS conventions for associating spatial locations with data. A selected slice of netCDF data may be displayed in ArcGIS as a raster layer, feature layer, or table. You can also drag a netCDF file from Windows Explorer and drop it in an ESRI application such as ArcMap. Here's a link that provides more information: http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=About_netCDF_data If for some reason you can't upgrade to ArcGIS 9.2, others at NCAR have used scripts and intermediate formats to get particular netCDF datasets into ArcGIS before ESRI software supported netCDF. This site has more information and may lead to contacts: http://www.gis.ucar.edu/ --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YJV-895463 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed