2011 Unidata NetCDF Workshop

1	Introduction The workshop will loosely follow this schedule.
2	Overview of Unidata Overview of Unidata software and services.
3	Overview of netCDF NetCDF: its purpose, features, niche, intended users, and some alternatives to consider for storing and accessing scientific data.
4	The Two NetCDF Data Models The classic and enhanced netCDF data models can represent many scientific datasets.
5	NetCDF Utilities Utilities installed by default are ncdump, ncgen, nccopy, and nc-config.
6	Remote Access to Datasets Through netCDF-3 Introduction to the access of remote datasets using the DAP protocol through the netCDF-3 interface.
7	Introduction to the NetCDF APIs and Example Programs A brief introduction to netCDF application programming interfaces and example programs.
8	Introduction to NetCDF-4
9	Utilities for NetCDF-4 The ncdump and ncgen utilities have been expanded to handle the netCDF-4 enhanced data model.
10	NetCDF-Java and THREDDS Data Services Introduction to NetCDF-Java and THREDDS Data Services (TDS)
11	Best Practices Experience-based "best practices" for writing netCDF files.
12	CF Conventions Overview of the increasingly important CF conventions.
13	IDV Overview of IDV.
14	Chunking and Deflating Data with NetCDF-4 NetCDF-4/HDF5 data may be written in chunks for increased performance, and may use on-the-fly compression.
15	Formats and Performance Implications of format on performance. Performance tips and pitfalls.
16	Using Groups and NetCDF-4 Types Introduction to use of groups and types in netCDF-4.
17	Using udunits Using Unidata's udunits package: ODP, PDF.
18	What NetCDF Developers Should Know About HDF5 An introduction to HDF5 for netCDF developers and data providers.
19	NetCDF Streaming
20	NetCDF and Python
21	Using NetCDF Tools
22	Using netCDF - NCAR Climate Data NetCDF, NCAR's climate model data, and the IPCCpresented by Gary Strand.
23	Using NetCDF: The Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (CADIS) Overview (PPTX, PDF) of effort to convert heterogeneos ASCII files to netCDF as part of the CADIS project.
24	Use of Iterators for Data Access A technique developed for the nccopy utility is of more general use to tool developers: use of iterators.
25	Example of the Importance of the Chunk Cache A real example of the difference the chunk cache can make.
26	Update on Remote Access to NetCDF Data
27	NetCDF-4 Update What's new since the last netCDF workshop?
28	GRIDSPEC Update on the GRIDSPEC specification and library for representing shared grids.
29	NetCDF and the OGC
30	Participating in the NetCDF Community
31	NetCDF Dispatch Architecture
32	Recent Changes in the NetCDF Development Process
33	The Future of netCDF Short- and long-term plans for netCDF and libcf development, along with speculation about the future of scientific data access.