ncview is open source software to get a quick and easy viewer for NetCDF files.
With this application, you can view simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions, take a look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert the data and other simple visual operations.
ncview depends on netcdf version 4 will full HDF5 support.
Key Features
- Displays a 2-dimensional, color representation of data in a netCDF file.
- Useful for quickly inspecting model data.
- Animate the data in time (making simple movies).
- Flip the picture.
- Enlarge the picture.
- Scan through various axes.
- Change colourmaps.
- Plot the data in X-Y plots.
- udunits support – time axes that use the conventions in the udunits package.
Website: cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview
Support:
Developer: David W. Pierce
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
ncview is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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