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[netCDF #MLU-109061]: off the shelf OTS s/w that can access/display CF compliant NetCDF files

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  • Subject: [netCDF #MLU-109061]: off the shelf OTS s/w that can access/display CF compliant NetCDF files
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:19:29 -0700
Hi Randy,

> Obviously, the Unidata provided NetCDF tools can access/display CF
> compliant NetCDF files.
> 
> Do you guys know what other off-the-shelf software can access/display CF
> compliant NetCDF files ?

The generic netCDF tools ncdump, nccopy, and ncgen don't pay much attention to
any conventions, so don't require CF-compliance.  The exception is that ncdump
understands CF conventions for climate calendars, and provides the "-t" and "-T"
options for outputting time in a human-readable form, including times in bounds
variables and other time-based attributes.

There are other visualization and analysis tools that support parts of the CF
conventions, especially software based on netCDF-Java, which has far more 
support
for CF compliance than the C-based libraries.  For example, NASA's Panoply
application, like Unidata's IDV, interprets CF-based coordinate systems 
properly,
so CF-compliant data can be plotted over maps and globes.  Ferret and GrADS both
support CF conventions as well, although I'm not sure either has complete 
support.
It's hard to keep up with the implementation state of third-party packages in
terms of compliance with recent CF conventions additions.  You might check out
entries that mention CF in this list of software for netCDF data:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/software.html

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MLU-109061
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed