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I am a newbie in the field of data collection from satellite images. I need help parsing useful information from HDF5 datasets.The sensor reading im working with right now is MOD14A2(Thermal anomalies),from the MODIS satellite.It gives information of fires occurring around the world.The data we get is in the HDF5 format.I need help in parsing this data(any python libraries).I tried using gdal but due to some format error its not getting converted.

Sreeram M
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    The 2 most common Python packages to work with HDF5 data are `h5py` and PyTables (aka `tables`). I am familiar with both, and like each for different reasons. `h5py` maps datasets to NumPy arrays, so is easier if you are familiar with NumPy. PyTables has some nice tools to recursively "walk" the data. The HDF5 schema is "self-describing". That means you have to interrogate the file to get the schema. So you need to understand HDF5 groups and datasets before you start writing code. – kcw78 Jul 03 '21 at 20:05
  • `gdalwarp` command does work with MODIS HDF files. You may need to make sure you have sufficiently recent gdal, i.e. version 3. Installing `gdal` into a python conda environment may help with this. You will only be able to convert one band at a time. – Robert Davy Jul 04 '21 at 23:39

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