How to open a NetCDF file in R programming

In this video, you will learn how to open a NetCDF file in R, understand the contents, and extract the metadata and data. You will also learn about the Climate & Forecast (CF) conventions and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD). For a NetCDF file to be compliant with the FAIR principles, it should adhere to both these conventions. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Data used in this video 02:10 Open a NetCDF file in R 02:45 Understanding the contents (an overview) 05:40 Accessing variable and global attributes 07:34 The CF and ACDD conventions 11:30 Inquiring about dimensions 11:54 Accessing data from variables 12:47 Accessing a subset of a 1D variable 13:40 Accessing data from a subset of multidimensional variables 15:39 Accessing a timeslice for a desired date or time How to cite this course If you think this course contributed to the work you are doing, consider citing it in your list of references. Here is a recommended citation: Marsden, L. (2024, May 31). NetCDF in R - from beginner to pro. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11400754 All videos in this course 01:    • How to open a NetCDF file in R progra...   02:    • How to plot data from a NetCDF file i...   03:    • How to write a data from a NetCDF fil...   Code This tutorial series is accompanied by a Jupyter Book with code, explanations and more examples. You can find the relevant section here: lhmarsden.github.io/NetCDF_in_R_from_beginner_to_p… Data used in this video www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin… OPeNDAP URL: www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/noaa-global-temp-v… If you use these data, please cite them properly to credit the authors: H.-M. Zhang, B. Huang, J. H. Lawrimore, M. J. Menne, and T. M. Smith (2019): NOAA Global Surface Temperature Dataset (NOAAGlobalTemp), Version 5.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.25921/9qth-2p70 2024-04-25. Useful links RNetCDF documentation: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RNetCDF/RNetCDF.pd… Climate and Forecast (CF) conventions: cfconventions.org/ CF standard names: cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/current/b… Attribute Convention for Data Discovery: wiki.esipfed.org/Attribute_Convention_for_Data_Dis… NetCDF compliance checker: compliance.ioos.us/index.html

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