[netCDF #NBS-703757]: A Reader for This File

> Is there anything for Windows 32 bit?

Yes, you can get the prebuilt library and command-line utilities from here:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/netCDF4.3.3.1-NC4-DAP-32.exe

and instructions for installing from here:

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

--Russ

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> Subject: [netCDF #NBS-703757]: A Reader for This File
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> > I was referred to you by the ESRL to get a reader for this file.  Can
> > direct me where I can access it?
> 
> The file is in netCDF-4 classic model format, so there are many software
> packages that can read it, for example some of the free and commercial
> packages listed here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/software.html
> 
> If you want to see the metadata and data in text form, the ncdump utility is
> a command-line program that is available with the netCDF library, and is
> available from many platform repositories. Other ways of converting the
> binary data into human-readable text are described here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/docs/faq.html#converttotext
> 
> I've appended the output from running the command
> 
> $ ncdump -h tmp_2m_latlon_all_20150519_20150520_jimmRNweP5.nc
> 
> The "-h" option outputs the metadata ("header" information) but not the
> data.
> 
> --Russ
> 
> netcdf tmp_2m_latlon_all_20150519_20150520_jimmRNweP5 {
> dimensions:
> time = UNLIMITED ; // (2 currently)
> lat = 71 ;
> lon = 136 ;
> ens = 11 ;
> fhour = 1 ;
> variables:
> double time(time) ;
> time:long_name = "Time" ;
> time:units = "hours since 1800-01-01 00:00:00" ;
> time:axis = "T" ;
> int intTime(time) ;
> intTime:long_name = "time as an integer (YYYYMMDDHH)" ;
> float lat(lat) ;
> lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
> lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
> lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
> lat:actual_range = 12.f, 82.f ;
> lat:axis = "Y" ;
> float lon(lon) ;
> lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
> lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
> lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
> lon:actual_range = 180.f, 315.f ;
> lon:axis = "X" ;
> short ens(ens) ;
> ens:long_name = "ensemble" ;
> ens:standard_name = "ensemble" ;
> ens:axis = "E" ;
> ens:description = "0 is control, other values are
> perturbation numbers" ;
> int fhour(fhour) ;
> fhour:long_name = "forecast hour" ;
> fhour:units = "hours" ;
> int intValidTime(time, fhour) ;
> intValidTime:long_name = "valid time as an integer
> (YYYYDDMMHH)" ;
> float Temperature_height_above_ground(time, ens, fhour, lat, lon) ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:_FillValue = 9999.f ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:units = "K" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:long_name = "Temperature @
> height_above_ground" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_param_discipline =
> "Meteorological_products" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_param_category =
> "Temperature" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_param_name =
> "Temperature" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_generating_process_type
> = "Forecast" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_param_id = 2, 0, 0, 0 ;
> 
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_product_definition_template = 0 ;
> 
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_product_definition_template_desc =
> "Analysis/forecast at horizontal level/layer at a point in time" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_level_type = 103 ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_level_type_name =
> "height_above_ground" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:GRIB_VectorComponentFlag =
> "easterlyNortherlyRelative" ;
> Temperature_height_above_ground:level = 2 ;
> 
> // global attributes:
> :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
> :title = "Subset of data from 2nd-generation multi-decadal
> ensemble reforecast generated from the NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System,
> mimicking version operational at NCEP/EMC circa mid-2012." ;
> :institution = "NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
> (ESRL)" ;
> :source = "NCEP GFS v 9.01, T254L42.  Control initial
> conditions from CFSRR.  Perturbed initial conditions from ETR.  Model error
> simulated with STTP." ;
> :references =
> "http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/forecasts/reforecast2/index.html"; ;
> :history = "Subset created 2015-05-20 20:00:02 UTC" ;
> :comment = "Original dataset generated on DOE\'s
> supercomputers at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory through ALCC/ASCR grant." ; }
> 
> Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> 
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: NBS-703757
> Department: Support netCDF
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
> 
> 
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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: NBS-703757
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed