ASCII to netCDF conversions Guide

UNIDATA: The definitive source for information regarding netCDF

• Unidata netCDF Homepage

Other useful References

The following sites will be helpful in researching how to translate your project's data into netCDF. We suggest you first read the information on NetCDF from SEDNA. The 2007 Sea ice Experiment - Dynamic Nature of the Arctic (SEDNA) is using netCDF as the archive format for time series and model data, such as data from ice mass balance buoys. The guide they provide gives a quick and accessible overview of ASCII to netCDF conversion.

• NetCDF archive standard for SEDNA
• British Atmospheric Data Center use of ncdump and ncgen to go between ASCII and netCDF (Windows and Unix)
• UNAVCO's ASCII to NetCDF Data File Format Converter User's Guide
• GEON IDV (this will work the same for the Unidata IDV as the GEON IDV is the same core program)
• NOAA GFDL Schematic showing which utilities are used to go between various formats and netCDF
• CF-Conventions and CF Compliance Checker