#compsci 

**NetCDF (Network Common Data Form)** is a set of software libraries and data formats that support the creating, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.

Open standard

Filename extension .nc

Developed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), started in 1988.

## In Python
Using the [[Scipy]] library:
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Example with boxplots:
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([[Boxplot]] of 3 points lat/lon: 10/10, 20/10, 50/20)
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Example with contour maps:
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