EBAS NetCDF Fileformat

Introduction

The EBAS NetCDF file format features some advantages over the older EBAS NasaAmes file format:

• NetCDF/CF conformity

• Good file access support by standard reading libraries

• Datasets with changing metadata over time can be stored (see Time depenendent EBAS metadata)

• Additional dimensions available for e.g. measurements in multiple size bins, wavenlength etc.

• Metadata
• Dimensions
• Variables
• Examples