Software and Documentation
The software and documentation provided here are for common data formats that apply to many of our larger and more modern datasets. If you are looking for read codes and format descriptions for one of our smaller one-of-a-kind datasets, please go to the dataset home page to find out what is available for the set.
• COS-blocking
• GRIB Edition 1
• Compression Utilities
• PC utilities that allow you to compress and uncompress files as if you were on a Unix system
• Unix utilities that allow you to compress and uncompress files as if you were on a PC
• GBYTES/SBYTES
• Routines for unpacking/packing arbitrary-length binary bit fields
• GrADS (Grid Analysis and Display System)
GrADS is an interactive desktop tool that can be used to visualize Earth Science data in several common data formats.
• NCL (NCAR Command Language)
NCL is an interpreted language designed for the processing and visualization of scientific data.
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• Data Formats
• Miscellaneous documents
These are papers about various subjects of general interest to users of the RDA.
• NCAR Technical Notes
These are documents containing significant research content or historical value.
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