How do I convert ASCII or text data to netCDF?
One way to convert data in text form to netCDF is to use the ncgen tool that is part of the netCDF software distribution. Using ncgen for this purpose is a two-step process: • Convert text data to a file in CDL form using a text editor or text manipulation tools • Convert the CDL representation to netCDF using the ncgen tool with the “-o” or “-b” option For more information, see the ncgen documentation. If you have installed the NCAR Command Language (NCL) software, there are functions available and described here and here for reading ASCII and tables into NCL and writing the data out to netCDF files. With access to MATLAB, you can create a schema for the desired netCDF file using ncwriteschema, read the data using textscan, and write the data to a netCDF file using ncwrite.
