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diff --git a/libraries/netcdf/README b/libraries/netcdf/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..53376f2d41 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/netcdf/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a set of interfaces for +array-oriented data access and a freely-distributed collection of data +access libraries for C, Fortran, C++, Java, and other languages. The +netCDF libraries support a machine-independent format for representing +scientific data. Together, the interfaces, libraries, and format support +the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data. + +NetCDF data is: + + * Self-Describing. A netCDF file includes information about the + data it contains. + * Portable. A netCDF file can be accessed by computers with different + ways of storing integers, characters, and floating- point numbers. + * Scalable. A small subset of a large dataset may be accessed + efficiently. + * Appendable. Data may be appended to a properly structured netCDF + file without copying the dataset or redefining its structure. + * Sharable. One writer and multiple readers may simultaneously access + the same netCDF file. + * Archivable. Access to all earlier forms of netCDF data will be + supported by current and future versions of the software. + +The netCDF software was developed by Glenn Davis, Russ Rew, Ed Hartnett, +John Caron, Steve Emmerson, and Harvey Davies at the Unidata Program +Center in Boulder, Colorado, with contributions from many other netCDF +users. |