Re: [Pytables-users] Scientific.IO.NetCDF like API for pytables

[Norbert N. <Nor...@gm...>]

Great work! I would definitely like to see this library in pytables,
especially in the future, when it is compatible to NetCDF-4.


Jeff Whitaker wrote:

> Francesc et al:
>
> I've written a module that emulates the Scientific.IO.NetCDF API, but
> saves the data in a pytables hdf5 file.  Enclosed is a tarball that
> contains:
>
> 1) NetCDF.py is the Scientific.I0.NetCDF emulator for pytables.
> It should be installed in
> <sys.prefix>/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/tables.
> To use, 'import tables.NetCDF'.
>
> 2) test.py is a simple test.script.
>
> 3) h5.py is a plugin for the python OPeNDAP module, available from
> http://opendap.oceanografia.org/. Just drop it in the dap/plugins
> directory before running setup.py. This allows files created with the
> tables.NetCDF API to be served over http with OPenDAP, as long as the
> file extension is h5, H5, hdf5 or HDF5. Note: h5.py is pretty much a
> direct copy of the netcdf plugin (netcdf.py) with only 2 lines changed.
>
> 4) nctoh5.py is a new version of the nctoh5 utility that uses the
> nctoh5 method of a tables.NetCDF.NetCDFFile class instance.
>
> Ulimately, I'd like this module to save the data in an hdf5 file that
> is compatible with netCDF 4
> (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/netcdf-4/) so that netCDF 4
> clients can read it.  In the meantime, I think some users who are used
> to the Scientific.IO.NetCDF interface might find it useful, especially
> those who are interested in sharing their data over http with OPeNDAP.
>
> -Jeff
>