Netcdf

General Information

Short Description: Network Common Data Form

Long Description:
NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is an interface for array-oriented data access and a library that provides an implementation of the interface. The netCDF library also defines a machine-independent format for representing scientific data. Together, the interface, library, and format support the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data. The netCDF software was developed at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, Colorado.

Category: Data Analysis and Visualization
Systems and Utilities

Vendor/Developer: Unidata (UCAR)

Vendor Website: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/

Software Website: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/

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Installation Information

Version: 4.0      Version Date: 2009-02-11

Installed Site: National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Installed Platform: Intel 64 Linux Cluster

Point of Contact: Mark Van Moer

Installation Status: Complete

Installation Date: 2009-02-12

Usage Information

Usage URL:

Usage Information:
NetCDF 4.0 is available on Abe.
Add to .soft and then resoft:

+netcdf-4.0

If you need shared libs, use:

+netcdf-4.0-shared

Compiling and linking:
Note that netcdf 4.0 uses HDF5, zlib and szip. These will have to be linked against.
Include directory:

-I${NETCDF_HOME}/include

Library directories:

-L${NETCDF_HOME}/lib -L/usr/apps/hdf/hdf5/v181/lib -L/usr/apps/hdf/szip/lib

Libraries:

-lnetcdf -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -lz -lsz

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License Information

Number of Licenses: N/A

User Fee: N/A

Type of License: N/A

Type of Installation: Available to all allocated users

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