Re: [netcdfgroup] better to distribute data in netCDF-4/classic or netcdf-3?

+1 for NetCDF4-Python too -- we use it in our RCMES tools and our CDX toolkit 
and
it works great!

Cheers,
Chris

On Aug 9, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Rich Signell wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> All the analysis and packages I regularly use work fine with NetCDF-4:
> 
> - all NetCDF-Java based applications (IDV, NCTOOLBOX, Panoply)
> - Matlab (using the included native Mathworks NetCDF routines)
> - Python (using NetCDF4-Python)
> 
> So I place my vote for NetCDF4.
> 
> -Rich
> 
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)
> <christopher.s.lynnes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Our refactored visualization system, Giovanni, will be distributing 
>> intermediate and end products as netCDF.
>> 
>> My question to the community is:  should we distribute in netCDF-3 or 
>> netCDF-4/classic?
>> Are enough of the main netCDF tools updated to work with netCDF-4 / classic 
>> by now to make the switch?
>> Or any other reason why we might want to hang back at netCDF-3?
>> --
>> Dr. Christopher Lynnes     NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2    phone: 301-614-5185
>> 
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