netCDF2CSV

Extract userdefined ranges from multidimensional netCDF-files to CSV.

What is netCDF2CSV?

Requirements

• netCDF2CSV is written in Java and will run on Java >= 1.5
• No further requirements are known. Please report any other requirements you find.

Installation

• Be sure that you have a JRE >= 1.5 installed. You can download a Sun JRE 1.5 from http://java.sun.com. You can check you java-version by typing java -version on the commandline
• Download the JAR-file and the configuration-file and save both in an appropriate directory (e.g c:\programs\netcdf2csv). ow use a commandline to change to this directory.
• Start it with java -jar netCDF2CSV.jar. Have fun!

Documentation

netcdf2csv.XML

<?XML version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- 
    This file configures netCDF2CSV. The file is expected in the same directory, that 
    netCDF2CSV is stared.     

    Copyright 2006 Stefan Krüger 
    This file is part of netCDF2CSV.

    netCDF2CSV is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

	netCDF2CSV is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with netCDF2CSV; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-->
 <!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM 'http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd'>
    <preferences EXTERNAL_XML_VERSION="1.0">
      <root type="user">
        <map />
        <node name="skrueger">
          <map/>
          <node name="netcdf2csv">
            <map>

<!-- 

 Where the nc-file-selection GUI starts. A slash at the end of the path is optional.
 This entry is optional, the default is the directory where the porgram was started.
 Example :  <entry key="datadir" value="/home" />
-->
<entry key="datadir" value="/home/stefan" />


<!-- 
 Which delimiter to use in the .CSV-files. 
 This entry is optional, the default is ";"
 Example :  <entry key="delimiter" value=";" />
-->
<entry key="delimiter" value=";" />
              
              
<!-- 
 Defines where to save the .csv files.  A slash at the end of the path is optional.
 Attention: If the directory is given here and exists, than
 the user will not be asked for a directory anymore.
 This entry is optional, the default is to ask the user.
 Example : <entry key="exportdir" value="/home/stefan/export" />
-->
<entry key="exportdir" value="/home/stefan/export/" />


              
              
<!-- 
 Defines the numer of digits for any counting number in the filename. 
 The rest will be filled with leading zeros.
 This entry is optional, the default is 3
 Example : <entry key="digits" value="4" />
-->
<entry key="digits" value="4" />
              
              
<!-- 
If set to true, .csv files will be overwritten without user-interaction.
 This entry is optional, the default is false (of course)
 Possibel values are "true" and "false".
 Example : <entry key="overwrite_always" value="true" />
-->
<entry key="overwrite_always" value="true" />
              
              
<!-- 
Defines the way the values are shown in the CSV. 
Always user the . as the decimal-delimiter here!
For help have a look at: http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.text/FormatNum.html
This entry is optional, the default is "#.0"
Example : <entry key="numberformat" value="000.##" />
-->
<entry key="numberformat" value="#.0" />
              
              
<!-- 
The locale defines how the exported numbers will be formatted. 
To switch between , and . as the decimal-seperator, use de_DE or en_US
This entry is optional, the default is "de_DE"
Example : <entry key="locale" value="de_DE" />
 -->              
<entry key="locale" value="de_DE" />              


<!-- 
Set this to false, if you don't want to see 
the information-message when starting the program.
 -->              
<entry key="showinfo" value="false" />


<!-- 
Append a prefix to all CSV-filenames.
This entry is optional, the default is "".
Example : <entry key="prefix" value="Projekt2003__" />
 -->
<entry key="prefix" value="Projekt2003__" />


<!-- 
Include a static header in the CSV-files
This entry is optional, the default is ""
"" means that there will be no headerline at all.
"filename" means, that the filename will be used as a header-line
Example : <entry key="prefix" value="A;B;C;D;E" />
Example : <entry key="prefix" value="filename" />
 -->
<entry key="header" value="" />

            </map>
          </node>
        </node>
      </root>
    </preferences>