OGC Network Common Data Form (netCDF) Core Encoding Standard
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Overview
Full name | OGC Network Common Data Form (netCDF) Core Encoding Standard |
Version | V 1.0 |
Amendments | None |
Corrigenda | None |
Published by | OGC |
Languages | English |
Online overview | http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/netcdf |
Type of standard | OpenGIS Implementation Specification
Instance level |
Application | OGC NetCDF defines the netCDF data model and the core set of requirements to which every netCDF encoding must adhere. netCDF is popular in atmospheric sciences and oceanography. |
Implementation benefits | netCDF is a machine-independent format for representing scientific data. It is a self describing, portable, scalable, interoperable data format. The format is popular for data archiving. The combination of the netCDF interface, library and format support the creation, access and sharing of scientific data. |