Ncview is a visual browser for netCDF format files. Typically you would use ncview to get a quick and easy, push-button look at your netCDF files. You can view simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions, take a look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert the data, etc.
Availability and Restrictions
Versions
The following versions of Ncview are available on OSC clusters:
| Version | Owens | Pitzer | Cardinal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.7 | X* | X* | |
| 2.1.10 | X |
You can use module spider ncview to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.
Access
Ncview is available to all OSC users. If you have any questions, please contact OSC Help.
Publisher/Vendor/Repository and License Type
David W. Pierce, Open source
Usage
Usage on Owens
Set-up
To configure your environment for use of Ncview, run the following command: module load ncview. The default version will be loaded. To select a particular Ncview version, use module load ncview/version. For example, use module load ncview/2.1.7 to load Ncview 2.1.7.
Usage on Pitzer
Set-up
To configure your environment for use of Ncview, run the following command: module load ncview. The default version will be loaded. To select a particular Ncview version, use module load ncview/version. For example, use module load ncview/2.1.7 to load Ncview 2.1.7.
