Speakers: Michele Thornton and Jack McNelis
Hosted by: NASA EOSDIS and the ORNL DAAC
Date: September 4, 2019
Contact for the ORNL DAAC: uso@daac.ornl.gov
Keywords: netCDF, Data Management, Python, OPeNDAP, Web Service, NCO, GDAL, Bash Script
Overview
In this webinar we introduce step-by-step methods, software, and tools that you can use to create, visualize, and standardize netCDF files before submitting your data to an archive. The netCDF file format is a recommended format for archival and distribution of multi-dimensional and gridded geospatial data. However, creating and organizing standardized datasets can be challenging for researchers not experienced with netCDF. This webinar focuses on two main topics 1) Why netCDF: What advantages does netCDF have that make it a suitable long-term archive and sharing format and, 2) How netCDF: How can you transform your data from other formats into standardized netCDF files. Demonstration using command line utilities and popular programming languages are provided.
Prerequisites
- GDAL, NCO, ncdump, nccopy
- Python 3 libraries: netCDF4, gdal, pyproj
Tutorial
Related Learning Resources
Data Management Workshop, 2017, netCDF Standards Presentation
More tutorials related to ORNL DAAC data and web services can be found on the ORNL DAAC's Learning page.