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[netCDF #NKN-156326]: Regarding Netcdf installation

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  • Subject: [netCDF #NKN-156326]: Regarding Netcdf installation
  • Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:02:06 -0700
Hi Satya,

> I am want to install Netcdf software to view and dump the data from
> WRF output file to ascii format. So i have installed netcdf-4  from
> this website.
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/netcdf-4_0/index.jsp

That's an old and unsupported version of netCDF software from 2008.
For serious use of netCDF, we recommend that you build and install
the latest supported release, netCDF-C version 4.3.1.1 for the C 
library and netCDF-Fortran version 4.2 for the Fortran library.

> i have installed successfully. but now the problem is how to use the
> netcdf file? Ihave gone so many documents and but im not getting it
> clearly.
> 
> i already have fortran in my computer. Again i have to install any
> fortran librairies or supporting files regarding netcdf or no need. If
> so, can you please provide me the link.
> 
> can you please provide me the procedure of using netcdf software after
> installation.

For converting netCDF data to ASCII, check these recommendations:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/faq.html#converttotext

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NKN-156326
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed