NetCDF-Java (version 2.2) User’s Manual

John Caron, August 18, 2004

1. Introduction.. 2

2. Data Layer: NetcdfFile. 3

Data Layer Object Model 3

Object Names. 4

Array section syntax. 5

The NetCDF API 6

2.1 ucar.nc2.Dimension. 6

2.2 ucar.nc2.DataType. 6

2.3 ucar.nc2.Attribute. 6

2.4 ucar.nc2.Group. 7

2.5 ucar.nc2.Variable. 7

2.6 ucar.nc2.Structure. 9

2.7 ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile. 10

2.8 ucar.nc2.NetcdfFileWriteable. 11

3. Semantic Layer: NetcdfDataset.. 12

3.1 Standard Attributes. 12

3.2 Coordinate Systems