The NetCDF-C Tutorial

The NetCDF-C Tutorial

Tutorial Documentation

This page contains references to various other NetCDF background and tutorial pages.

Tutorial Pages

• Working with NetCDF Files from the command line.
• Numbering of NetCDF IDs
• Creating New Files and Metadata, an Overview
• Reading NetCDF Files of Known Structure
• Reading Classic Format NetCDF Files of Unknown Structure
• Reading NetCDF/HDF5 Format NetCDF Files of Unknown Structure
• Reading and Writing Subsets of Data

Background and Further Reading

• What is NetCDF?
• NetCDF Documentation

NetCDF Data Model:

• The NetCDF Data Model
• The Classic Model
• The Enhanced Data Model
• Unlimited Dimensions
• Groups
• User Defined Types
• Strings

Important Conventions:

• Fill Values

Tools for NetCDF:

• The NetCDF Utilities
• Tools for Manipulating NetCDF Files

Programming with NetCDF:

• The NetCDF Programming APIs
• Error Handling
• Interoperability with HDF5
• Parallel I/O with NetCDF-4

Example Programs:

• NetCDF Example Programs