Re: data format quesiton

From: Dennis Shea <shea_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:05:21 -0700 (MST)

>
>Can you please tell me if NCL supports either Vis5d or GrADS formats?
>

[1] Not sure what you mean by "support"

[2] NCL can read and write Vis5d files:
       http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/io.shtml
              [see bottom]
              
       eg: you could read a netCDF/HDF/binary/ascci file an d
           write a Vis5D output file.
    
[3] To my knowledge, there is no such thing as a "GrADS format". :-)
    (I think) "GrADS format" refers to a combination of a
    (a) binary file
    and a
    (b) descriptor (text) file that describes
        the contents and data ordering on the binary file.
        http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html
        http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/aboutgriddeddata.html
        
    Certainly, NCL can read/write the binary files given
    the information on the descriptor files.

D

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