NetCDF 4.0 Alpha11 review

NetCDF is a format developed at Unidata that was inspired by the CDF format from NASA. NetCDF stands for "Network Common Data Form

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NetCDF is a format developed at Unidata that was inspired by the CDF format from NASA.

NetCDF stands for "Network Common Data Form" and is a self-describing data format, commonly used in scientific and engineering applications.

Here are some key features of "NetCDF":
All features of netCDF 3.6
Large file support (> 2 GB data files)
Use of HDF5 for storage
Backward file-format compatibility
Backward API compatibility
Parallel I/O
Multiple unlimited dimensions
Additional Data Types
Hierarchical Grouping of Data
Bit packing
Compression and other filters
Revised documentation
Examples
Distribution with both netCDF and HDF5 packages
(Unicode/ASCII) String data type
Anonymous dimensions
Support for compound data types, including nested compound types
User-defined data type
Upgrades to ncgen/ncdump/CDL to reflect new features
NcML support for ncgen/ncdump
F90 interface
C++ interface
Demonstrable performance gains in modeling contexts on advanced architectures
HDF5 file driver support

What's New in This Release:
Enum type added.
NetCDF-4 verified support of common data model.
ncdump support new features and NcML.
No netCDF-4 artifacts in file.
Uses HDF5 creation order information.
NetCDF-4 documentation complete.