HDF and NetCDF Software

Sometimes it's useful to use other software packages in tandem with the CoastWatch Utilities to view data file contents.  We recommend the HDFView Links to an external site. software to view raw NetCDF and HDF file metadata and scientific values as a table of numbers or an image:

Other notable GUI software:

• The Unidata ToolsUI Links to an external site. package, similar to HDFView for viewing the metadata and contents of NetCDF and other data formats.  See the ToolsUI documentation Links to an external site. for details.
• The NASA Panoply Links to an external site. software for creating plots of NetCDF and other format data.

Other command line software:

• The NetCDF software library Links to an external site. contains the I/O library for NetCDF and useful command line tools like ncdump.
• The HDF Group Links to an external site. distributes I/O library and command line tools for HDF4 Links to an external site. such as hdp, and HDF5 Links to an external site. such as h5dump.
• The NetCDF Operators Links to an external site. (NCO) software for command line processing of NetCDF data files (eg: ncatted for modifying NetCDF file attributes).