NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a file format for storing multidimensional scientific data (variables) such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and direction. Usually, there is one n-dimensional (latitude, longitude, level, and/or time or others) record per variable and there can be several different variable in one netCDF file. Dimensions are also treated as variables. And then there are attributes for each variable, for example the name and unit of the variable or a grid or time description, etc. Have a look at the official website if you like:
There are several sets of tools to view and manipulate netCDF files - see below. We have several of them installed on our UQAM servers. to To get access to them you need to load the following module:
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