Re: [ferret_users] reading and plotting hdf file

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ektara,
The NetCDF version 4 library which Ferret uses for reading netcdf files 
and OPeNDAP URL's, can read HDF-5 formatted files.  There are HDF-5 
files that have features that aren't included in the netCDF data model 
and those cannot be read. So the short answer is that if your file is 
compatible with netCDF-4, then Ferret can open it and read it without 
your having to know anything more about it.  Try,

yes? use filename
or

yes? use "url"


For more information, have a look here,

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/faq.html

at the topics that refer to HDF for an overview of the issues 
surrounding HDF files. The NetCDF library can read many but not all 
HEF-5 files.

Here are a couple more documentation links,
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/interoperability_with_hdf5.html
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/parts_of_netcdf4.html\

-Ansley

On 1/23/2013 3:13 AM, ektara king wrote:
> Hi ,
>
>
> I want to read and plot isccp cloud data from hdf file. Can it is 
> possible in ferret and how ?
>
> thanks