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[netCDF #SBY-332951]: Netcdf and Matlab: need ncdump

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  • Subject: [netCDF #SBY-332951]: Netcdf and Matlab: need ncdump
  • Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:24:30 -0700
> I am using Matlab 7.10  2010a for Mac OS X which has native Netcdf
> commands. These work well but unfortunately Mathworks did not include ncdump
> and I need to read the headers for using NCEP Reanalysis data.   Under the
> old scheme with USGS toolbox it was fine but no longer.
> 
> There must be some code that does this but I have looked in vain.
> Learning to read Netcdf files with basic fread statements must be
> possible.
> 
> For NCEP reanalysis data there must also be documentation somewhere for
> the offset/scale factor numbers I need, that are in the headers, but
> strangely I can'f find that either.
> 
> Thanks for any help.      Peter Rhines
> --
> www.ocean.washington.edu/people/faculty/rhines/rhines.html
> 
> 

Howdy Peter!

If you are on a Linux system, the answer is easy. Fedora users can do:

yum install netcdf

You can also get the netCDF source code from our web page and build it from 
scratch.

If you are on a Windows system, download this and unpack it:
ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/contrib/win32/win32_vs_PGI_dll_4.0.1.zip

Thanks,

Ed

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SBY-332951
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed