| New Tools for Creating, Browsing, and Reading netCDF Files [message #69844] |
Wed, 17 February 2010 07:48  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
I have a general need to be able to create, browse, and write
netCDF files in an extremely flexible way. In particular, I
want to be able to copy variables and attributes from one
file to another without thinking too much about it.
To this end, I have borrowed heavily (well, I stole most of
the good ideas, really) from Mark Hadfield's Motley Library
and its wonderful netCDF routines.
http://www.dfanning.com/hadfield/IDL/README.html
When I started this project, I thought Mark's routines could
use more documentation and error handling. When I finished,
I realized I hadn't added much value to what Mark had already
provided. But, of course, hindsight is 20-20. I have learned
a lot about netCDF files in the past month or so, and certainly
enough to know I am probably going to be surprised in the future
by how little I know.
In any case, the new programs I have written have provided
me with some new tools for working with netCDF files and I
thought they might be of interest to a wider audience.
http://www.dfanning.com/progrms/ncdf_tools.zip
Because most of these tools are written as objects, and because
that scares the bejesus out of many IDL users, I have provided
an example file, NCDF_File_Examples, that shows you exactly
how to create a netCDF file, copy some of the contents to
another netCDF file, and then read the netCDF file to do
something useful in IDL.
http://www.dfanning.com/programs/ncdf_file_examples.pro
I have been particularly careful to document these
routines so they can be used by a wider audience.
In addition to Mark, I have been greatly enlightened in my
netCDF studies by IDL newsgroup regulars Paul van Delst and
Ken Bowman. I am exceedingly grateful to them and to all of
you who pester me with questions and suggestions for
improvement. Even though I already have a wife, I appreciate
you, too. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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