Translations:NetCDF/6/en

Strengths

• The data are independent of the processor architecture (endianness).
• The data are structured in a way that keeps track of all the pertinent information, e.g. physical units.
• NetCDF4 can read and write in parallel, if it is built using a parallel version of HDF5.
• Data can be compressed as it is written.
• A simpler interface than HDF5.
• It's free software for most platforms.