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[netCDF #OPV-482394]: Does it exist a de facto standard for NetCDF CF compliant, for Ocean Data ?

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  • Subject: [netCDF #OPV-482394]: Does it exist a de facto standard for NetCDF CF compliant, for Ocean Data ?
  • Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:11:55 -0700
Hi Andre,

You might look at the NOAA NCEI netCDF Templates [1]. They are pretty widely 
used and supported by a number of software packages.

Cheers,

Ethan

[1] https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/data/formats/netcdf/v2.0/

> Dear Colleague:
> 
> Working with a project for storing CTD, ADCP, and other parameters of
> Ocean Data.  This is with University of Washington (USA), Friday Harbor
> Lab.
> 
> I am wondering if there is a de-factor standard for the format of storing
> this data, in some form of database, using NetCDF, probably Climate
> Compliant for Ocean Data.
> 
> So existing software tools could access and process the data, as it is
> stored, without any need for reformatting, etc...
> 
> A pointer, or more would be very helpful.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Andre Gompel


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: OPV-482394
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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