2010 Unidata NetCDF Workshop

1	Introduction The workshop will loosely follow this schedule.
2	Overview of Unidata Overview of Unidata software and services.
3	Overview of netCDF NetCDF: its purpose, features, niche, intended users, and some alternatives to consider for storing and accessing scientific data.
4	The Two NetCDF Data Models The classic and enhanced netCDF data models can represent many scientific datasets.
5	NetCDF Utilities The netCDF utilities that are installed by default are ncdump, ncgen, nccopy, and nc-config.
6	CF Conventions Overview of the increasingly important CF conventions.
7	Best Practices Experience-based "best practices" for writing netCDF files.
8	IDV Overview of IDV.
9	Introduction to the NetCDF APIs and Example Programs A brief introduction to netCDF application programming interfaces and example programs.
10	Remote Access to Datasets Through netCDF-3 Introduction to the access of remote datasets using the DAP protocol through the netCDF-3 interface.
11	NetCDF-Java and THREDDS Data Services Introduction to NetCDF-Java and THREDDS Data Services (TDS)
12	Formats and Performance Implications of format on performance. Performance tips and pitfalls.
13	Introduction to NetCDF-4 Introduction to the netCDF-4 data model, APIs, format, compatibility, features, performance enhancements, and plans.
14	Using NetCDF: The Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (CADIS) Overview (PPTX, PDF) of effort to convert heterogeneos ASCII files to netCDF as part of the CADIS project.
15	Using netCDF - NCAR Climate Data NetCDF, NCAR's climate model data, and the IPCCpresented by Gary Strand.
16	NetCDF Data Models in Detail The classic and enhanced data models from a developer's perspective.
17	Unidata's Common Data Model and NetCDF Java Library API Overview The netCDF Java library provides another way to access and create netCDF data.
18	Chunking and Deflating Data with NetCDF-4 NetCDF-4/HDF5 data may be written in chunks for increased performance, and may use on-the-fly compression.
19	What NetCDF Developers Should Know About HDF5 An introduction to HDF5 for netCDF developers and data providers.
20	Using udunits Using Unidata's udunits package: ODP, PDF.
21	Parallel I/O with NetCDF Using parallel I/O can result in significant performance improvements in high performance computing applications.
22	Using Groups and NetCDF-4 Types Introduction to use of groups and types in netCDF-4.
23	NetCDF-4 Interoperability The netCDF-4 nteroperability features allow users to open some HDF4 and HDF5 files as if they were netCDF files.
24	libcf: A New Library for CF Conventions Support Introduction to a new library for creating and accessing netCDF files compliant to the CF Conventions
25	GRIDSPEC Overview of the GRIDSPEC specification and library for representing shared grids.
26	The Future of netCDF Short- and long-term plans for netCDF and libcf development, along with speculation about the future of scientific data access.