NetCDF Quick Facts

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Format Type Identifier

NETCDF

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

NETCDF, <source_dataset_filename>, <subdataset_name>, or <source_dataset_filename_subdataset_name>

Typical File Extensions

.nc

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No
Spatial Index No

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

No

Geometry Type

netcdf_type

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

 

point

no

circles

no

 

polygon

no

circular arc

no

 

raster

yes

donut polygon

no

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

no

 

z values

no

none

no

 

 

 

Band Interpretations

UInt8, Int16, Int32, Real32, Real64

Palette Key Interpretations

not applicable

Palette Value Interpretations

not applicable

Nodata Value

Any, but all bands on a raster must have the same value

Cell Origin(x, y)

0.5, 0.5

Rotation Support

No

GCP Support

No

World File Support

No

TAB File Support

No