NetCDF User's Guide (NUG)
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    • NetCDF User's Guide 2.0-draft
    • Introduction
      • NetCDF User's Guide (NUG)
      • What is NetCDF?
      • Why Use NetCDF?
      • NetCDF Implementations
    • NetCDF Data Models
      • NetCDF Data Models
      • NetCDF Classic Data Model
      • NetCDF Enhanced Data Model
      • NetCDF Objects
      • NetCDF Data Types
      • NetCDF Object Names
    • NetCDF File Formats, Encodings, and Mappings
      • NetCDF File Formats
      • NetCDF Classic File Formats (CDF-1, -2, and -5)
      • NetCDF-4 (HDF5) File Format
      • OPeNDAP DAP-2 and DAP-4
      • ncZarr (NetCDF Data Model with Zarr)
      • Compression in NetCDF
    • Text Representations of NetCDF Datasets
      • Text Representations of NetCDF
      • CDL (netCDF Common Data Language)
      • NcML (NetCDF Markup Language)
    • Community Conventions and Practices
      • Community Conventions and Practices
      • NUG Conventions
      • Best Practices
      • Other Conventions
    • NetCDF History and NUG Roadmap
      • NetCDF History
      • NUG Roadmap

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       April 6, 2021
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