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ncdf4: Interface to Unidata netCDF (Version 4 or Earlier) Format Data Files

Pierce D [0000-0002-2453-9030]

CRAN: Contributed Packages · 2010

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Summary

Provides a high-level R interface to data files written using Unidata's netCDF library (version 4 or earlier), which are binary data files that are portable across platforms and include metadata information in addition to the data sets. Using this package, netCDF files (either version 4 or "classic" version 3) can be opened and data sets read in easily. It is also easy to create new netCDF dimensions, variables, and files, in either version 3 or 4 format, and manipulate existing netCDF files. This package replaces the former ncdf package, which only worked with netcdf version 3 files. For various reasons the names of the functions have had to be changed from the names in the ncdf package. The old ncdf package is still available at the URL given below, if you need to have backward compatibility. It should be possible to have both the ncdf and ncdf4 packages installed simultaneously without a problem. However, the ncdf package does not provide an interface for netcdf version 4 files.

Outcomes reported

Referenced by Nature Communications British biodiversity scenarios as citation 108; likely supports topic area: biodiversity / conservation. Topics: biodiversity / conservation Evidence type: Research article / other Source report: Nature Communications British biodiversity scenarios Ref#: Nature Communications British biodiversity scenarios #108 Original: Pierce, D. ncdf4: Interface to Unidata netCDF (Version 4 or Earlier) Format Data Files (Version 1.22) https://cran.r-project.org/web/ packages/ncdf4/index.html (2023).

Theme
Farming systems, soils & land use
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Research
Source type
Peer-reviewed research
Status
Published
Geography
United Kingdom
System type
Other
DOI
10.32614/cran.package.ncdf4
Catalogue ID
IRmoq83nfn-e73dcd
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