Data Format Translation Tools

Below is a list of the data translations that are currently available:

• CDF-to-netCDF (Only supporting netCDF V3.*) Several un-supported CDF data types are converted to preserve their original values as closely as possible: CDF_UINT1 to NC_SHORT, CDF_UINT2 to NC_INT, CDF_UINT4 and CDF_INT8 to NC_DOUBLE. The epoch types, CDF_EPOCH, CDF_EPOCH16 and CDF_TIME_TT2000 are presented in NC_CHAR.
• CDF-to-FITS
• CDF-to-ASCII (Text dump of a CDF file)
• CDF-to-CDF Skeleton table
• CDF-to-CDFML (XML representation of CDF)
• CDFML-to-CDF
• netCDF-to-CDF (Only supporting netCDF V3.*)
• FITS-to-CDF
• HDF4-to-CDF
• HDF5-to-CDF (HDF5 in text dump to CDF. To be provided upon request)

Individual Translators Download

Most of the translators are available either in binary or source code. The CDF-to-ASCII tool (cdfexport) is included in the CDF distribution package, and this tool is available in the <cdf_install_dir>/bin directory.

Source Code Download

If you would like to have a copy of any of the translators listed below installed on your local machine or desktop, please download the translator(s) of interest and follow the instructions in the README.install or INSTALL file.

• CDF-to-netCDF
• netCDF-to-CDF
• CDF-to-FITS
• FITS-to-CDF
• HDF4-to-CDF
• CDF-to-ASCII : Use the cdfexport tool included in the CDF distribution package
• CDF-to-CDFML : Use the CDF2CDFML tool included in the CDF distribution package
• CDFML-to-CDF : Use the CDFML2CDF tool included in the CDF distribution package
• netCDF-to-ASCII : Use the ncdump tool downloadable from http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf

Binary Download

The table listed below are available for download. Please contact us if you need binary for any platforms that are not included.

If you have any questions or encounter problems, please send an email to cdfsupport and we'll respond as soon as possible.

General Information

• FAQ
• Convert non-CDF files to/from CDFs
• CDF XML Markup Language (CDFML)
• Example CDF Applications

Software and Documentation

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• Documentation
• CDF copyright
• Make CDF from a text or binary file
• Public Domain and Commercial Software
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• Acknowledgements

Data Format Translation Tools

• Data Format Translation Information

Space Physics Users of CDF

• ISTP / IACG CDF Guidelines
• Skeleton Editor
• CDAWeb Heliophysics Data
• Heliophysics Data Environment

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