This tutorial will introduce the features and limitations netCDF and how it can be use in a high-performance computing context. The tutorial will discuss the following topics:
- Introduction to the netCDF data model, format, and software.
- Features of netCDF-4 including chunking, compression, and parallel I/O.
- netCDF remote access features, including accessing data subsets from OPeNDAP servers as well as recent OPeNDAP protocol developments.