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[netCDF #ZVJ-630637]: Using netcdf in R

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  • Subject: [netCDF #ZVJ-630637]: Using netcdf in R
  • Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:07:38 -0600
Hello,

I'm afraid we don't provide or maintain the R interface for netCDF.  If you 
check the ncdf4 package documentation, it should provide information regarding 
the maintainer.  I believe it also provides a tutorial which can show you how 
to open files using ncdf.

The ncdump utility is not an R-specific thing; it is a command-line utility for 
reading netCDF files.  You would invoke it from the command line as follows:

    $ ncdump [filename]

This will print the netCDF file information.  

I hope this helps!

-Ward

> Hello,
> 
> I am having some problems with netcdf files from 
> (http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis/MERRA-2/) and R, and I figured out that 
> you may have a direct solution to them.
> 
> I have been trying to ncdump netcdf files in R but I cannot get it work - I 
> am really starting in programming.
> 
> Would you have at hand the steps that I should take to open netcdf files in 
> RStudio, Version 0.99.451?
> 
> Say installation of NetCDF and netcdf4 packages (already done so but when 
> running ncdump gives an error), and how the interface is RStudio should look 
> like? Say:
> 
> install.packages("ncdf4")
> library(ncdf4)
> setwd(“~/path to my file")
> ncdump -h file.nc
> 
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZVJ-630637
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed