[netCDF #MTH-829107]: Geotiff to NetCDF

Ok, Here is standard way to do this.

I assume that you have an evenly spaced coordinates in
both the lat and lon directions.

First, we define what is called coordinate variables
that map a lat value to an index
and a lon value to an index.
-------------
netcdf Geotiff {
dimensions:
    time=UNLIMITED;
    rgb = 3;
    lon = 4886;
    lat = 5462;
variables:
    float lat(lat);
    float lon(lon);
    float image(time, lon, lat, rgb);
}
---------- 
The idea is that we can use the lat and lon variables to convert
an index to a set of (LAT,LON) coordinates by using the (x,y) such that
lat(x) == LAT and lon(y) == LON.
We then store the image in image(T,x,y,RGB) where T and RGB
are the appropriate time and rgb values.

This may be confusing, so I would suggest you google
"netcdf coordinate variables" and see if you can find a
better description.


> Exactly, they are defined as degree.
> I know how to represent lon/lat and time.
> lono = ncf.createVariable("lon", "f4", ("lon",), zlib = True)
> lono.axis = 'X'
> lono.units = "degrees_east"
> lono.long_name = "longitude"
> lono.standard_name = "longitude"
> lono[:] = lon
> print(lono[:])
> 
> lato = ncf.createVariable("lat", "f4", ("lat",), zlib = True)
> lato.axis = 'Y'
> lato.units = "degrees_north"
> lato.long_name = "latitude"
> lato.standard_name = "latitude"
> lato[:] = lat
> print(lato[:])
> 
> time = ncf.createVariable("time", "i4", ("time",), zlib = True)
> time.axis = 'T'
> time.units = "month"
> time.long_name = "time"
> time.standard_name = "time"
> time[:] = 0
> 
> But I don't know how to represent RGB in axis z, and join them with 
> correspondent lon/lat and create image(time,lon,lat,rgb)
> 
> zo = ncf.createVariable("levels", "f4", ("z",), zlib = True)
> zo.axis = 'Z'
> zo.units = "rgb"
> zo.long_name = "3 bands as an RGB image"
> zo.standard_name = "RGB"
> 
> var = ncf.createVariable('image','f4', ('time','lon','lat','z'), zlib=True, 
> fill_value = -9999)
> var.units = "shape"
> var.long_name = "shape entire geotiff"
> var.standard_name = "shape"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> De: Unidata netCDF Support <address@hidden>
> Enviado: terça-feira, 11 de setembro de 2018 11:00
> Para: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Assunto: [netCDF #MTH-829107]: Geotiff to NetCDF
> 
> Ok, then I would define the netcdf metadata as you did, namely:
> -------------
> netcdf Geotiff {
> dimensions:
> time=UNLIMITED;
> rgb = 3;
> lon = 4886;
> lat = 5462;
> variables:
> image(time,lon, lat, rgb);
> }
> -----------
> Is the problem that the values of lat and lon in Geotiff defined
> as degrees (are they?).
> 
> > time shoud be a variable to store the date when the netCDF is created, at 
> > the beginning I used None, but in fact it is not important for me, not at 
> > the moment. I used None, for now, becouse I just need to save a Netcdf with 
> > the format (time,lon,lat,rgb). What it is important to me is save RGB value 
> > correspondent to a lon/lat. I am using netcdf4/python.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rosana
> > ________________________________
> > De: Unidata netCDF Support <address@hidden>
> > Enviado: terça-feira, 11 de setembro de 2018 10:13
> > Para: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Assunto: [netCDF #MTH-829107]: Geotiff to NetCDF
> >
> > I am going to need some more info.
> > First, what is the meaning of None in time = None?
> >
> > > Full Name: Rosana Ribeiro
> > > Email Address: address@hidden
> > > Organization: ufba
> > > Package Version:
> > > Operating System:
> > > Hardware:
> > > Description of problem: I have tried to convert a Geotiff into a NetCDF 
> > > and I need to define variables as:
> > > dimensions:
> > > time = None;
> > > rgb = 3;
> > > lon = 4886;
> > > lat = 5462;
> > > variables:
> > > image(time,lon, lat, rgb);
> > > I am having difficult to define a rgb value to a correspondent lon/lat 
> > > values in Netcdf format. How can I do this?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > =Dennis Heimbigner
> > Unidata
> >
> >
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> =Dennis Heimbigner
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> 
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MTH-829107
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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