+1 for Whitaker's package.
The new location of the package is: http://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/ I use netcdf for everything I do, and so I checked out all of the packages in detail. All follow a similar API, although there are very minor differences that will catch you if you are not careful (like writing a single character). Although this is (austensibly) made for netcdf4, Whitaker's package works well both reading and writing netcdf3 files. It also has support for stitching together multiple files. It also has support for compression of numpy4 data (as well as all of the other cool netcdf4 features). The only disadvantage is that netcdf4 is a bit harder to install than netcdf3 -- primarily because the user must first install hdf. However, recent versions work fine on all the platforms I use (Mac and Redhat). Clearly this is the way to go. -Rob On Feb 9, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > I have been using Jeff Whitaker's netcdf4 interface with good results. > > I could not find the web page for it on a NOAA site--I think NOAA is > reorganizing--but a search turned it up here. Maybe Jeff can > provide a > better link. > > http://netcdf4-python.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/netCDF4- > module.html > > Eric > > Daran Rife wrote: >> Yep, I was referring to: http://pysclint.sourceforge.net/pycdf/ >> >> Regarding the issue of deciding which netCDF interface to adopt >> as the "standard", although it is unlikely we'll ever get consensus >> on this, I have tried several of the netCDF interfaces, including >> the one in Scientific, and have found that pycdf is the "cleanest"; >> it is very easy to use and understand. >> >> >> Daran >> >> -- >> >> Travis Oliphant wrote: >> >> >>> Is pycdf the same as pynetcdf? Where is it located? >>> >> >> I presume it's this one: >> >> http://pysclint.sourceforge.net/pycdf/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Numpy-discussion mailing list >> Numpy-discussion@scipy.org >> http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@scipy.org > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion ---- Rob Hetland, Associate Professor Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University http://pong.tamu.edu/~rob phone: 979-458-0096, fax: 979-845-6331 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
