Re: [Matplotlib-users] Quiver plot of a netcdf file

[Gökhan S. <gok...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:09 PM, JPKay <ka...@va...> wrote:

>
> Hello,
> I am trying to use matplotlib to create a quiver plot of a NetCDF file with
> the extension .nc. The Netcdf file is a series of arrays that contain
> information about the stress tensors on a globe.
>
> I am struggling to import the file into python and having the quiver data
> show up.
> To import the file I have been using:
> “ncdump file.nc”
>
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Jon
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I recommend you to check netcdf4-python (
http://code.google.com/p/netcdf4-python/)
You can load both netcdf3 and 4 files. Additionally, there are date
conversion utilities which help to do transforms between numbers and dates
and vice versa.