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Unidata NetCDF
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The Unidata network Common Data Form (netCDF) is an interface for
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scientific data access and a freely-distributed software library that
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provides an implementation of the interface. The netCDF library also
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defines a machine-independent format for representing scientific data.
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Together, the interface, library, and format support the creation,
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access, and sharing of scientific data. The current netCDF software
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provides C, Fortran-77, Fortran-90, and C++ interfaces for
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applications and data. It has been tested on various common
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platforms.
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NetCDF files are self-describing, network-transparent, directly
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accessible, and extendible. `Self-describing' means that a netCDF file
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includes information about the data it contains. `Network-transparent'
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means that a netCDF file is represented in a form that can be accessed
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by computers with different ways of storing integers, characters, and
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floating-point numbers. `Direct-access' means that a small subset of a
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large dataset may be accessed efficiently, without first reading through
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all the preceding data. `Extendible' means that data can be appended to
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a netCDF dataset without copying it or redefining its structure.
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NetCDF is useful for supporting access to diverse kinds of scientific
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data in heterogeneous networking environments and for writing
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application software that does not depend on application-specific
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formats. A variety of analysis and display packages have been developed
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to analyze and display data in netCDF form.
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For more information about netCDF, see the netCDF Web page at
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http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
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You can obtain a copy of the latest released version of netCDF software
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using a WWW browser or anonymous FTP from
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ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf.tar.Z
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Included in this distribution are: the C source for the netCDF data
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access library, sources for the FORTRAN and C++ interfaces,
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documentation for the netCDF library and utilities in the form of a
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netCDF User's Guide, source for the netCDF utilities ncdump and ncgen,
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and test programs to verify the correct implementation of the netCDF
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library.
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Legal stuff (copyright, licensing restrictions, etc.) can be found in
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the file COPYRIGHT.
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To install this package, please see the file INSTALL in the
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distribution, or the (possibly more up-to-date) document:
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http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-install/
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The netCDF-3 C and FORTRAN-77 interfaces are documented in man(1)
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pages in the distribution in files netcdf.3 and netcdf.3f,
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respectively, or at
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http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs
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User's Guides for C, FORTRAN, and FORTRAN-90 are also available in
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several forms from the same location.
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A mailing list, netcdfgroup@unidata.ucar.edu, exists for discussion of
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the netCDF interface and announcements about netCDF bugs, fixes, and
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enhancements. For information about how to subscribe, see the URL
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http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/mailing-lists.html
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An archive of past postings to the netcdfgroup mailing list is available
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for searching from the netCDF home page.
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We appreciate feedback from users of this package. Please send
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comments, suggestions, and bug reports to <support@unidata.ucar.edu>.
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Please identify the version of the package (file VERSION).
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