Javier- You will want to use the ncdump tool. Start by doing the command ncdump -h <your file name> This will show you the variables in your data. If you want to then get some specific variable, XX say, the do the command ncdump -v XX <your file name> This will output the contents of that variable in ascii format. =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IBY-859243 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed