How would you convert a netCDF file to/from HDF?
The netCDF library from Unidata contains utilities ncdump and ncgen to convert between the netCDF binary format and a text format called CDL. The HDF4 library from the HDF Group also contains utilities ncdump and ncgen that do the same thing, but this time the underlying binary file format is HDF. It is a little tricky to install both, because by default the HDF commands will overwrite the netCDF commands or vice versa. You may want to rename the HDF commands. (In the paragraphs below, the HDF versions of these tools are referred to as hdf_ncdump and hdf_ncgen.
The netCDF library from Unidata contains utilities ncdump and ncgen to convert between the netCDF binary format and a text format called CDL. The HDF4 library from the HDF Group also contains utilities ncdump and ncgen that do the same thing, but this time the underlying binary file format is HDF. It is a little tricky to install both, because by default the HDF commands will overwrite the netCDF commands or vice versa. You may want to rename the HDF commands.
