Asset description file for EZcdf


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BIDM.Asset.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. <br> 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. <br> EZcdf's first application was to replace BZIO calls in many PPPL codes such as JSOLVER, DMAP, PEST and others. META
BIDM.Asset.AwardedWith.Certificate https://w3.pppl.gov/rib/repositories/NTCC/objects/Certificate/EZcdf_Review.html LINK
BIDM.Asset.ContactIs.Organization https://w3.pppl.gov/rib/repositories/NTCC/objects/Organization/ludescher.html LINK
BIDM.Asset.DateOfInformation Thr Jun 18 16:46:14 2009 META
BIDM.Asset.Domain Data Analysis and Visualization META
BIDM.Asset.Icon https://w3.pppl.gov/~ludesche/Backgrounds/green.gif META
BIDM.Asset.IsMadeOf.Element https://w3.pppl.gov/rib/repositories/NTCC/objects/Element/EZcdf.html LINK
BIDM.Asset.IsMadeOf.Element https://w3.pppl.gov/rib/repositories/NTCC/objects/Element/EZcdf_zip.html LINK
BIDM.Asset.Keyword Easy netCDF, Interface, portable META
BIDM.Asset.Language Fortran 90 META
BIDM.Asset.Name EZcdf META
BIDM.Asset.RecordMaintainedBy.Organization https://w3.pppl.gov/rib/repositories/NTCC/objects/Organization/ludescher.html LINK
BIDM.Asset.TargetEnvironment OSF1, SunOS, IRIX64, AIX, CRAY J90, HP, Linux META
BIDM.Asset.TitleLine Easy Interface to netCDF Routines META
BIDM.Asset.VersionDate 11/30/2002 META
BIDM.Asset.Webpage https://w3.pppl.gov/NTCC/EZcdf META