Re: [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?

• To: "Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)" <christopher.s.lynnes@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?
• From: "David W. Pierce" <dpierce@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:16:33 -0700

ncview also has a "spreadsheet" type of view, although it's more limited
than HDFView's version. Just click the "Edit" button. You can also edit the
data if you want and write out the result to a new netcdf file. You can
click the main 2-D display with the middle mouse button and it will move
the spreadsheet display to the clicked pixel.

Also, just to clear any possible confusion, you can read and write netcdf
version 4 files with R by using the ncdf4 package -- there are multiple R
packages that allow access to netcdf files, some support version 4, and
some don't. But personally I would archive everything as netcdf-3 unless
there was some feature that required netcdf-4.

Regards,

--Dave

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) <
christopher.s.lynnes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey, folks, thanks for all the feedback!  There seem to be enough tools
> out there that have not gotten to netCDF-4 yet that we will have to stick
> to netCDF-3 for now, though I will be watching this space for announcement
> of tool upgrades.
>
> I have a followup question:  one of the use cases we had for netCDF-4 was
> that the underlying storage format is HDF5, making them readable by *hdf*
> tools like HDFview.  Some of our users like its spreadsheet-style interface
> for examining data values.  Is there a netcdf tool with an equivalent
> capability?  (Panoply has some capability in that vein, but it's more
> limited than HDFView.)
> --
> Dr. Christopher Lynnes     NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2    phone: 301-614-5185
>
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  • [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?
    • From: Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?
    • From: Heiko Klein
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?
    • From: Doug Hunt
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?
    • From: Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)