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CDF, the Common Data Format is the file format developed at NASA in the 1980s to store scientific data such as scalars, vectors and multidimensional arrays. It is conceptually similar to netCDF and HDF, but implementations are different.

CDF, the Common Data Format is the file format developed at NASA in the 1980s to store scientific data such as scalars, vectors and multidimensional arrays. It is conceptually similar to netCDF and HDF, but physical implementations and the APIs differ.

It is used to store archival as well as new data from some missions. At NASA CDF has been adopted by the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) project as well as the Central Data Handling Facilities (CDHF) as their format of choice for storing and distributing key parameter data.

CDF supports both native and network format for number representation, optional data compression. Libraries to access CDF data exist for C, FORTRAN, Java, Perl, C#, Visual Basic. Also an XML based version of the format, CDFML, has been defined.

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More information is available at https://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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How read Common Data Format (CDF) in Python

I need to read CDF file with using python. I have found libraries but i did not understand how use it. For example at this(Python lib), i need to download CDF lib, i don't know where to download. There is download page for CDF but it seems…
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Big Data Database

I am collecting a large amount of data which is most likely going to be a format as follows: User 1: (a,o,x,y,z,t,h,u) Where all the variables dynamically change with respect to time, except u - this is used to store the user name. What I am…
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'cdfread' not reading .cdf file Matlab

I am not able to read '.cdf' files using Matlab cdfread function. I have also tried netcdf The file 'mvn_lpw_l2_lpnt_20180814_v03_r02.cdf' is available here: CDF file I am using Matlab R2015a (release 8.5). Any help please.
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"Common Data Format" in R

I am thinking of starting to do some data analysis using R. I have never used R before (or fancy data formats like HDF, CDF etc.). Now the data that is available from NASA's website is either ASCII or in CDF (Common Data Format). I was thinking of…
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Installation Common Data Format (CDF) library of Python in Windows

I'm trying to install CDF (common-data-format) in Python using easy_install cdf in Anaconda command prompt in Windows 10. I get error messages: "error C2036: 'void *': unknown size", "error: Setup script exited with error: command 'C:\Program…
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