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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. | 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. | ||
== 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). | |||
* If it's built using a parallel version of HDF5, NetCDF4 can read and write in parallel | |||
* Data can be compressed as it's written | |||
* A simpler interface than HDF5 | |||
* It's free software for most platforms | |||
== Weak points == | |||
* The Python interface doesn't support parallelism (version 1.0.5) | |||
* Certain files produced with HDF5 cannot be read using NetCDF | |||