Hi Noemi, The ncdump utility program, which is part of the netCDF software, converts a binary netCDF file into an ASCII representation. Another utility program, ncdump, does converions in the other direction, from the ASCII representation back to a binary netCDF file. Documentation for ncdump and ncgen are available online here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/ncdump-man-1.html http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/ncgen-man-1.html as well as in the netCDF Users Guide: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf.html#NetCDF-Utilities I hope this helps. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GSP-822763 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed