How can I use netCDF with Windows?
(Note that this answer applies to releases of netCDF prior to the 4.0 release.) Using netCDF on Windows platforms can be accomplished in several ways. Note that we have not ported the F90 or C++ APIs to the Windows platform, only the C and F77 APIs. User contributions of ports to F90 windows compilers are very welcome (send them to support-netcdf@unidata.ucar.edu). On windows, NetCDF consists of a DLL and the ncgen/ncdump executables. The easiest course is to download one of the pre-built DLLs and utilities and just install them on your system. If you want to use the C API as a DLL, get the pre-built 3.6.1 DLL file. If you want to use the Fortran API, you may use the pre-built 3.5.1 DLL release. This does not include the 3.6.0 large file feature, so it is possible for other users to create netCDF files of 64-bit offset format which will not be readable to the 3.5.1 version of netCDF. However, netCDF classic format files (the default) are fully compatible between versions. Some experime
