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[netCDF #XQE-706031]: data conversion

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  • Subject: [netCDF #XQE-706031]: data conversion
  • Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:14:32 -0600
Hi Tim,

> I have data stored in a netCDF format and I want to convert it to a binary
> format. Is there a way to do that?

Probably, depending on what you mean by "binary format".  NetCDF is actually
already a binary format, in that it stores numeric values in binary form, so
that it can directly seek to values in large arrays based on the size and 
dimensionality of the arrays and the indexes for values.  Maybe what you have
is the text form of netCDF data, typically stored in files with a ".cdl"
extension?  In that case, there is a utility program, ncgen, that's part of 
netCDF and that converts CDL to netCDF.

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XQE-706031
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed