NetCDF For Mac

NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a set of interfaces for array-oriented data access and a freely-distributed collection of data access libraries for C, Fortran, C++, Java, and other languages.

The netCDF libraries support a machine-independent format for representing scientific data. Together the libraries, the interfaces, and format support the creation, sharing and access of scientific data.

NetCDF data is: · Self-Describing. A netCDF file includes information about the data it contains. · Portable. A netCDF file can be accessed by computers with different ways of storing integers, characters, and floating-point numbers. · Direct-access. A small subset of a large dataset may be accessed efficiently, without first reading through all the preceding data. · Appendable. Data may be appended to a properly structured netCDF file without copying the dataset or redefining its structure. · Sharable. One writer and multiple readers may simultaneously access the same netCDF file. · Archivable. Access to all earlier forms of netCDF data will be supported by current and future versions of the software.