netcdf_gis_read

netcdf_gis_read, a MATLAB code which reads data from a GLIMMER data file, written in the NETCDF format, containing GIS data.

The GIS data includes dimensions:

• level
• time
• x0
• x1
• y0
• y1

The GIS data includes data arrays:

• acab(x1,y1,time)
• artm(x1,y1,time)
• beta(x0,y0,time)
• bheatflx(x1,y1,time)
• temp(x1,y1,level,time)
• thk(x1,y1,time)
• time(time)
• topg(x1,y1,time)
• x0(x0)
• x1(x1)
• y0(y0)
• y1(y1)

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

netcdf_gis_read is available in a MATLAB version.

Related Programs:

cdl, a data directory which contains examples of CDL files, a text version of NETCDF files created by the NCDUMP program;

gfd2, a dataset directory which contains geophysical data, stored in NETCDF format.

ice_io, a MATLAB code which reads or writes ICE datasets, using the NETCDF format.

mesh_to_ice, a MATLAB code which reads the ICE dataset information from a MESH files and rewrites it to a NETCDF file.

netcdf, a data directory which contains examples of NETCDF files, a format for the interchange of scientific data.

netcdf_gis, a data directory which contains examples of GIS data stored as NETCDF files.

netcdf_mpas, a MATLAB code which reads and writes MPAS grid data stored as NETCDF files.

Reference:

1. Philippe Huybrechts, Tony Payne,
   The EISMINT benchmarks for testing ice-sheet models,
   Annals of Glaciology,
   Volume 23, 1996, pages 1-14.
2. Russ Rew, Glenn Davis, Steve Emmerson, Harvey Davies, Ed Hartne,
   The NetCDF User's Guide,
   Unidata Program Center, March 2009,
   netcdf.pdf,

Source Code:

• gis_data_print.m prints the GIS data (usually much too much information!)
• gis_header_print.m prints the GIS header information.
• gis_read.m reads a specified GLIMMER GIS file.

Examples and Tests:

• gis_test.m reads a GLIMMER GIS file and prints the header information.

GIS_5KM.180211 contains data for Greenland at a 5KM resolution.

• gis_5km.180211.nc, the data.
• gis_5km.180211_header.txt, the header information as retrieved by NCDUMP.
• gis_5km.180211.txt, the header information as retrieved and printed by running gis_test on the data.

You can go up one level to the MATLAB source codes.