Advances in the NetCDF Data Model, Format, and Software - Unidata
Advances in the NetCDF Data Model, Format, and Software - Unidata
Advances in the NetCDF Data Model, Format, and Software - Unidata
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(<strong>Data</strong> <strong>Model</strong>, <strong>Format</strong>) comb<strong>in</strong>ations<br />
• (Classic, Classic)<br />
– Mature conventions, best practices (e.g. CF Conventions)<br />
– Maximum portability, compatibility with old software<br />
• (Classic, netCDF-4)<br />
– Requires only rel<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stead of modify<strong>in</strong>g software<br />
– Performance benefits: compression, chunk<strong>in</strong>g, larger variables, efficient<br />
schema changes<br />
• (Enhanced, netCDF-4)<br />
– Additional data types, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g user-def<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
– Advantages <strong>in</strong> model<strong>in</strong>g data, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g observational data<br />
– High Performance Comput<strong>in</strong>g applications<br />
– <strong>Data</strong>sets with large number of data objects<br />
– Read<strong>in</strong>g o<strong>the</strong>r k<strong>in</strong>ds of data (HDF4, HDF5, relational, …)
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