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CDF   HDF   NetCDF

 
 

Common Data Format

Variables and Attributes

CDF File Options

Type Conversion

Specifying Attributes and Variables

Example: Creating a CDF File

CDF_ATTCREATE

CDF_ATTDELETE

CDF_ATTEXISTS

CDF_ATTGET

CDF_ATTINQ

CDF_ATTNUM

CDF_ATTPUT

CDF_ATTRENAME

CDF_CLOSE

CDF_CONTROL

CDF_CREATE

CDF_DELETE

CDF_DOC

CDF_ENCODE_EPOCH

CDF_EPOCH

CDF_ERROR

CDF_EXISTS

CDF_INQUIRE

CDF_LIB_INFO

CDF_OPEN

CDF_PARSE_EPOCH

CDF_VARCREATE

CDF_VARDELETE

CDF_VARGET

CDF_VARGET1

CDF_VARINQ

CDF_VARNUM

CDF_VARPUT

CDF_VARRENAME

Hierarchical Data Format

HDF Interfaces

Creating an HDF File in IDL

HDF Scientific Dataset ID Numbers

HDF_BROWSER

HDF_CLOSE

HDF_DELDD

HDF_DF24_ADDIMAGE

HDF_DF24_GETIMAGE

HDF_DF24_GETINFO

HDF_DF24_LASTREF

HDF_DF24_NIMAGES

HDF_DF24_READREF

HDF_DF24_RESTART

HDF_DFAN_ADDFDS

HDF_DFAN_ADDFID

HDF_DFAN_GETDESC

HDF_DFAN_GETFDS

HDF_DFAN_GETFID

HDF_DFAN_GETLABEL

HDF_DFAN_LABLIST

HDF_DFAN_LASTREF

HDF_DFAN_PUTDESC

HDF_DFAN_PUTLABEL

HDF_DFP_ADDPAL

HDF_DFP_GETPAL

HDF_DFP_LASTREF

HDF_DFP_NPALS

HDF_DFP_PUTPAL

HDF_DFP_READREF

HDF_DFP_RESTART

HDF_DFP_WRITEREF

HDF_DFR8_ADDIMAGE

HDF_DFR8_GETIMAGE

HDF_DFR8_GETINFO

HDF_DFR8_LASTREF

HDF_DFR8_NIMAGES

HDF_DFR8_PUTIMAGE

HDF_DFR8_READREF

HDF_DFR8_RESTART

HDF_DFR8_SETPALETTE

HDF_DFSD_ADDDATA

HDF_DFSD_DIMGET

HDF_DFSD_DIMSET

HDF_DFSD_ENDSLICE

HDF_DFSD_GETDATA

HDF_DFSD_GETINFO

HDF_DFSD_GETSLICE

HDF_DFSD_PUTSLICE

HDF_DFSD_READREF

HDF_DFSD_SETINFO

HDF_DFSD_STARTSLICE

HDF_DUPDD

HDF_EXISTS

HDF_ISHDF

HDF_LIB_INFO

HDF_NEWREF

HDF_NUMBER

HDF_OPEN

HDF_READ

HDF_SD_ADDDATA

HDF_SD_ATTRFIND

HDF_SD_ATTRINFO

HDF_SD_ATTRSET

HDF_SD_CREATE

HDF_SD_DIMGET

HDF_SD_DIMGETID

HDF_SD_DIMSET

HDF_SD_END

HDF_SD_ENDACCESS

HDF_SD_FILEINFO

HDF_SD_GETDATA

HDF_SD_GETINFO

HDF_SD_IDTOREF

HDF_SD_ISCOORDVAR

HDF_SD_NAMETOINDEX

HDF_SD_REFTOINDEX

HDF_SD_SELECT

HDF_SD_SETEXTFILE

HDF_SD_SETINFO

HDF_SD_START

HDF_VD_ATTACH

HDF_VD_DETACH

HDF_VD_FDEFINE

HDF_VD_FEXIST

HDF_VD_FIND

HDF_VD_GET

HDF_VD_GETID

HDF_VD_GETINFO

HDF_VD_GETNEXT

HDF_VD_INSERT

HDF_VD_ISVD

HDF_VD_ISVG

HDF_VD_LONE

HDF_VD_READ

HDF_VD_SEEK

HDF_VD_SETINFO

HDF_VD_WRITE

HDF_VG_ADDTR

HDF_VG_ATTACH

HDF_VG_DETACH

HDF_VG_GETID

HDF_VG_GETINFO

HDF_VG_GETNEXT

HDF_VG_GETTR

HDF_VG_GETTRS

HDF_VG_INQTR

HDF_VG_INSERT

HDF_VG_ISVD

HDF_VG_ISVG

HDF_VG_LONE

HDF_VG_NUMBER

HDF_VG_SETINFO

Network Common Data Format

Attributes, Dimensions, and Variables

Creating NetCDF Files

Type Conversion

Specifying Attributes and Variables

String Data in NetCDF Files

NCDF_ATTCOPY

NCDF_ATTDEL

NCDF_ATTGET

NCDF_ATTINQ

NCDF_ATTNAME

NCDF_ATTPUT

NCDF_ATTRENAME

NCDF_CLOSE

NCDF_CONTROL

NCDF_CREATE

NCDF_DIMDEF

NCDF_DIMID

NCDF_DIMINQ

NCDF_DIMRENAME

NCDF_EXISTS

NCDF_INQUIRE

NCDF_OPEN

NCDF_VARDEF

NCDF_VARGET

NCDF_VARGET1

NCDF_VARID

NCDF_VARINQ

NCDF_VARPUT

NCDF_VARRENAME