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3.5 NetCDF Files
NetCDF files are containers for Dimensions, Variables, and Global Attributes.

 

 

A netCDF file has a path name and possibly some dimensions, variables, global (file-level) attributes, and data values associated with the variables. Sometimes we refer to netCDF files more abstractly as datasets.

Operations

Operations supported on netCDF files include:

 


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