[netCDF #LWQ-650096]: Request help with NetCDf file read and export

Hello Charles,

From email, it appears that maybe the trailing period is being included in the 
links?  Try these:

* https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/winbin.html
* 
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html

Let me know if these also fail for you.. Thanks!

-Ward
On Sep 18, 2018, 7:27 PM -0600, Charles Fisk <address@hidden>, wrote:
> New Client Reply: Request help with NetCDf file read and export
>
> Ward, I can't access either of the links you gave me, I get the following 
> errors
> Not Found
> The requested URL /software/netcdf/docs/winbin.html. was not found on this 
> server
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> Not Found
> The requested URL /software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html. was 
> not found on this server.
> On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 2:52 PM, Unidata netCDF Support 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> It depends on the system.  For Windows, you can download installation 
> packages from https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/winbin.html.  
> The path of least resistance for a linux system would be to search your 
> distributions package manager for 'netcdf' and install the package that way.  
> If no netcdf package is available (which would be unusual), you can find 
> instructions for downloading and building netcdf at 
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html.
>
> I hope this helps, let me know if you get stuck at any particular step!
>
> -Ward
> On Sep 18, 2018, 12:24 PM -0600, Charles Fisk <address@hidden>, wrote:
> > New Client Reply: Request help with NetCDf file read and export
> >
> > Thanks very much Ward,  As a newbie, just to be absolutely sure: what are 
> > the steps for me to follow to get the netCDF libraries installed on my 
> > system and to make use of the nccopy, ncdump, and ncgen utilities from the 
> > command line. I assume I could make use of the netcdf operator from 
> > visiting the NCO Homepage link.  I'm on a computer at work now, so I'll 
> > have to wait until I'm home tonight to do install the NetCdf libraries and 
> > NCO tools.  I have seen the code online for a Pandas import of NetCDF's 
> > followed by an export to a .csv but at the moment I'm quite green with 
> > Numpy/Pandas as well.
> > Regards, Charles Fisk
> > Re: "I can provide some help for querying the If you have the netCDF 
> > libraries installed on your system, you should also have the netCDF 
> > utilities 'nccopy', 'ncdump', and 'ncgen' available to you from the command 
> > line.  At the simplest, you can use 'ncdump' on the command line to extract 
> > the raw data and massage into a format you can massage into a .csv file.  
> > You might also be able to use the netcdf operator (NCO) tools, but I'm 
> > afraid I can't provide much help as we don't maintain those tools 
> > ourselves.  The NCO project page is here: NCO Homepage"
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> > On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 11:00 AM, Unidata netCDF Support 
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Hello Charles,
> >
> > There is not an easy way to convert from netCDF to .xlsx or .csv; the 
> > netCDF format was created to manage high-dimensional scientific data, which 
> > does not lend itself to flat-file or traditional database storage.  I can 
> > provide some help for querying the If you have the netCDF libraries 
> > installed on your system, you should also have the netCDF utilities 
> > 'nccopy', 'ncdump', and 'ncgen' available to you from the command line.  At 
> > the simplest, you can use 'ncdump' on the command line to extract the raw 
> > data and massage into a format you can massage into a .csv file.  You might 
> > also be able to use the netcdf operator (NCO) tools, but I'm afraid I can't 
> > provide much help as we don't maintain those tools ourselves.  The NCO 
> > project page is here: http://nco.sourceforge.net/.
> >
> > To answer your question, you do not need to register as a netcdf user.  I 
> > do not use Numpy myself, but it may be easiest to see if there is a 
> > function or utility as part of Numpy that will make conversion to a .csv 
> > file easier.
> >
> > I'm sorry I can't provide a more immediately helpful answer, but hopefully 
> > this will get you headed in the right direction.
> >
> > -Ward
> >
> > Ward Fisher
> > address@hidden
> > UCAR/Unidata - Software Engineer
> >
> >
> > > Hello,  I'm a first-time user of NetCDF files and I would like to read a 
> > > series of 20 .nc files and export them to either to an .xlsx or csv 
> > > format in order to analyze them statistically. They are NetCDF3.  I know 
> > > next to nothing about the attributes (raster or vector?) and neither does 
> > > the supplier of the files. Could you help me? Do I have to register as a 
> > > netcdf user?.
> > >
> > > For what it's worth, As a beginner programmer in Numpy I was able to 
> > > import one successfully  but the output was only header information (this 
> > > may be useful to you in interpreting what kind of .nc file it is):  See 
> > > attached  with the code and output.  Thank you very much
> > > Charles Fisk
> > >
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LWQ-650096
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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