Denis:
We use ncview. I also have some IDL programs that I have written.
I would be happy to send you those programs if it helps.
Jorge.
At 10:23 AM -0400 3/21/08, Denis Nadeau wrote:
>Hi Craig,
>
>Thank you for the help you have offered me. I was able to convert
>our SWATH data into netCDF following the CF-1 convention using one
>of your file as an example. My main problem was that I set the
>units to "degrees_south" and "degrees_west" and there is no such
>unit in the CF-1 convention.
>
>I do have another question about softwares. I personally like
>'IDV' quite a lot to display netCDF, but thought there might be
>other softwares that people use that I might not be aware of.
>
>What softwares is your community using to display netCDF (CF-1) data?
>
>Thanks again your help,
>Best Regards,
>Densi
>
>2008/2/8, Craig Donlon
><<mailto:craig.donlon at gmail.com>craig.donlon at gmail.com>:
>
>Hello Denis:
>the GHRSST-PP (<http://www.ghrsst-pp.org>http://www.ghrsst-pp.org)
>provides swath data in netCDF
>format. Dave Poulter and Jorge Vazquez can help you look through one
>of the GHRSST-PP L2P files from MODIS and several other sensors
>
>all the best
>craig
>
>
>On 07/02/2008, Denis Nadeau
><<mailto:denis.nadeau at nasa.gov>denis.nadeau at nasa.gov> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to convert a L2 Swath data file from HDF to NetCDF following
>> CF-1 Convention. I order to do so, I have tried to follow this method:
>>
>><http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.0/cf-conventions.html#id2621732>http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.0/cf-conventions.html#id2621732
>>
>> I did not succeed to read back the NetCDF file properly into either:
>> Ferret, Grads or IDV. (getting aggravated :-! )
>> I saw in the mailing list archive that "Jonathan Gregory" has tried to
>> do something similar. Did he succeed?
>>
>>
>><http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2004/000426.html>http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2004/000426.html
>>
>> So, is there a way to represent SWATH data using CF-1 Convention?
>> If so, is there a "Application" that can read the metadata and display
> > the image correctly (swath)?
> >
> > Here is a L2 Swath HDF file I am using.
> >
><ftp://airspar1u.ecs.nasa.gov/data/s4pa//Aqua_AIRS_Level2/AIRX2RET.005/2008/019//AIRS.2008.01.19.001.L2.RetStd.v5.0.14.0.G08020192400.hdf>ftp://airspar1u.ecs.nasa.gov/data/s4pa//Aqua_AIRS_Level2/AIRX2RET.005/2008/019//AIRS.2008.01.19.001.L2.RetStd.v5.0.14.0.G08020192400.hdf
>>
>> Thanks for your help on this issue.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Denis
>>
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