EZcdf
- Abstract
- EZcdf is a high-level, easy-to-use interface to the
NetCDF library (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf),
a file format which allows one to write/read binary
files across architectures without regard to the underlying
native byte ordering. NetCDF is language independent;
files can be written in a programming language (e.g.
Fortran, C, Java, Python, IDL) and read in another.
Data can be accessed randomly so that the content of
a NetCDF file can evolve without compromising backwards
compatibility.
Unfortunetely, the complexity of
NetCDF has deterred many users in the past. While EZcdf
does not support the full capability of NetCDF, it
is almost as simple to write a NetCDF file with EZcdf
as using unformatted read/write instructions. At present,
EZcdf only supports finite sized arrays of rank <=
3. On the other hand, EZcdf accepts complex and logical
data types, which are mapped to real, respectively
integer, arrays while providing a name mangling mechanism
to overcome the lack of support for complex and integer
types in NetCDF.
EZcdf's first application was
to replace BZIO calls in many PPPL codes such as JSOLVER,
DMAP, PEST and others.
- DateOfInformation
- Thr Jun 18 16:46:14 2009
- Domain
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Keyword
- Easy netCDF, Interface, portable
- Language
- Fortran 90
- Name
- EZcdf
- TargetEnvironment
- OSF1, SunOS, IRIX64, AIX, CRAY J90, HP, Linux
- VersionDate
- 11/30/2002
- Webpage
- https://w3.pppl.gov/NTCC/EZcdf
- ContactIs
- Christiane Ludescher-Furth
- Review Information
- Review of Ezcdf module
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