Introduction to NetCDF files#
Introduction#
Tutorial series teaching you how to work with NetCDF files. This course requires you to have no prior knowledge of NetCDF files or any coding experience. You will be learn what a NetCDF file is, why they are useful, and be introduced to a range of different free and open tools and softwares that you can use to work with NetCDF files.
You may be here because you are interested in publishing FAIR data. Did you know that a NetCDF file is not necessarily FAIR unless it adheres to certain conventions? You will learn about the Climate and Forecast (CF) conventions (https://cfconventions.org/) and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD - https://wiki.esipfed.org/Attribute_Convention_for_Data_Discovery_1-3), and how to make sure your files are compliant with them.
Course contents#
Below is the current contents of the course. Is anything missing? Let me know and I will consider adding more content!
How to cite this course#
This tutorial series will be published at a later date. If you have found this useful and want to cite it in your work, check back here later for how to cite it. Please get in touch with me if you need me to publish this sooner rather than later!