NetCDF 4.6.0

Version 4.6.0 of the netCDF-C library is now available. See the Release Notes for complete information. Highlights of this release include:

• Full support for using HDF5 dynamic filters, both for reading and writing.
• An option to enable strict null-byte padding for headers.
• Changes to support workflows created under versions prior to 4.5.0.
• Various bug fixes and other enhancements.

Note that due to ongoing issues, native CDF5 support is disabled by default. (See the Release Notes section describing release 4.5.0-rc3 for information on how to enable CDF5 support.) You should be aware that for the time being, reading/writing CDF5 files on 32-bit platforms may result in unexpected behavior when using extremely large variables. For 32-bit platforms it is best to continue using NC_FORMAT_64BIT_OFFSET.

Detailed information about the release is available in the Release Notes.

Complete information about using this release can be found in the NetCDF Documentation.

Source-code zip and tar.gz archives can be found on Unidata's NetCDF-C GitHub site.

Pre-built Windows binaries for use with Visual Studio) are available from this page.

Users of the netCDF FORTRAN and C++ Libraries Note

You can use the upgraded C library without upgrading your FORTRAN or C++ library.