Re: [netcdf-java] Converting NetcdfFile with multiple time steps to multiple NetcdfFiles with single time steps

  • Subject: Re: [netcdf-java] Converting NetcdfFile with multiple time steps to multiple NetcdfFiles with single time steps
  • From: "dmh@xxxxxxxx" <dmh@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 13:43:12 -0600
You might want to look at this list of tools.
http://unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/software.html
=Dennis Heimbigner
 Unidate

On 4/2/2017 1:38 PM, Antonio Rodriges wrote:
Ross,

Bob is right. There is no an out-of-the-box routine/method in
NetCDF-Java to do this for you.
If you try to code this yourself in Java, you'll get to deal with a
lot of tricky details related to diverse conventions (CF, ...).

AFAIK, none of the NCO operators produces multiple output files, i.e.
you cannot give an nco tool a single input file and get multiple
output files (split a NetCDF file by time axis into multiple files).

However, CDO is able to do this:
https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo/embedded/index.html#x1-1070002.2.8
You may use "Process" as Bob suggests or a more powerful lib, e.g.
wrapper around native Java "Process":
https://github.com/zeroturnaround/zt-exec  to invoke CDO from Java.

The final notice: CDO is much limited compared to NCO regarding
support of generic NetCDF files. This means that if your NetCDF files
contain axes other than latitude, longitude, level, time (see the
manual for the detailed list) - CDO will refuse to handle such files.

2017-04-02 21:05 GMT+03:00 Bob Simons - NOAA Federal <bob.simons@xxxxxxxx>:
Two ways you can do this:

1) If you can do something in NCO, it is probably much simpler to keep doing
it in NCO. From Java, you can call
  Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
to call an operating system process (but see the detailed examples on the
web for how to do this for your operating system), including calling NCO.

2) If I understand the problem, the only way I know of to do this with
netcdf-java, is to read the time and other data values and write the .nc
files with the individual time values and the data associated with each time
(and all the associated dimensions and attributes). That's the nature of
working with netcdf-java. (Perhaps someone else will chime in with a simpler
method.)

P.S. I don't know your reasons for using netcdf-java 4.2. I understand that
sometimes projects are, for now, locked into a certain version. But if you
can, I encourage you to switch to the latest version (4.6.8). Things are
done differently in recent versions of netcdf-java and various bugs have
been fixed. You'll probably have to switch to a modern version of Java
someday, so, if you can, you might as well switch now so you don't have to
rewrite this code later.




On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 6:19 AM, Alter, Ross E ERDC-RDE-CRREL-NH CIV
<Ross.E.Alter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm using the Java Netcdf API (v4.2) to work with weather model output in
Netcdf format.  However, I am trying to convert a  NetcdfFile with multiple
time steps to a List of NetcdfFiles with single time steps, and I can't seem
to find a direct way to accomplish this using the existing NetcdfFile
methods without first reading a specific variable (which I would prefer not
to do).  I'm aware of how to solve this using NCO, but I would like to solve
this using Java since that is the language in which the software is written.
If you could please offer a suggestion on the most effective way to
accomplish the above, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Ross

_______________________________________________
NOTE: All exchanges posted to Unidata maintained email lists are
recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and made publicly
available through the web.  Users who post to any of the lists we
maintain are reminded to remove any personal information that they
do not want to be made public.


netcdf-java mailing list
netcdf-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For list information or to unsubscribe, visit:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/




--
Sincerely,

Bob Simons
IT Specialist
Environmental Research Division
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
99 Pacific St., Suite 255A      (New!)
Monterey, CA 93940               (New!)
Phone: (831)333-9878            (New!)
Fax:   (831)648-8440
Email: bob.simons@xxxxxxxx

The contents of this message are mine personally and
do not necessarily reflect any position of the
Government or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><


_______________________________________________
NOTE: All exchanges posted to Unidata maintained email lists are
recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and made publicly
available through the web.  Users who post to any of the lists we
maintain are reminded to remove any personal information that they
do not want to be made public.


netcdf-java mailing list
netcdf-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For list information or to unsubscribe, visit:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/

_______________________________________________
NOTE: All exchanges posted to Unidata maintained email lists are
recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and made publicly
available through the web.  Users who post to any of the lists we
maintain are reminded to remove any personal information that they
do not want to be made public.


netcdf-java mailing list
netcdf-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: 
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/




  • 2017 messages navigation, sorted by:
    1. Thread
    2. Subject
    3. Author
    4. Date
    5. ↑ Table Of Contents
  • Search the netcdf-java archives: