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Also known as Network Common Data Form

NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data. The project homepage is hosted by the Unidata program at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). They are also the chief source of netCDF software, standards development, updates, etc. The format is an open standard. NetCDF Classic and 64-bit Offset Format are an international standard of the Open Geospatial Consortium.

Key facts

File format.name
Network Common Data Form
File format.extension
.nc
File format._nomimecode
on
File format.mime
application/netcdfapplication/x-netcdf
File format.magic
CDF\001\211HDF\r\n\032\n
File format.developer
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
File format.genre
scientific binary data
File format.extended_from
Common Data Format (CDF)Hierarchical Data Format (HDF)
File format.standard
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Official website

NetCDF | NSF Unidata

unidata.ucar.edu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
file format
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file extension
nc
media type
application/x-netcdf
inception
1997-00-00
short name
netCDF
software version identifier
4.9.3
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