DESCRIPTION

Convert a GRIB file to netCDF format.

USAGE

grib_to_netcdf [options] grib_file grib_file ...

OPTIONS


-I key1,key2,...

Ignore keys. Default method,type,stream,refdate,hdate


-S key1,key2,...

Split according to keys. Default param,expver


-R date

Reference date in the format YYYYMMDD. Default value 19000101.


-D NC_DATATYPE

Type of data. Possible values NC_BYTE, NC_SHORT, NC_INT, NC_FLOAT, NC_DOUBLE. Default NC_SHORT


-T

Don't use time of validity.


-f

Force. Force the execution not to fail on error.


-o output file

The name of the netcdf file.


-V

Version.


-M

Multi-field support off. Turn off support for multiple fields in single grib message.


-k kind

Specifies the kind of file to be created. Possible values are: 1 -> netCDF classic file format 2 -> netCDF 64 bit classic file format (Default) 3 -> netCDF-4 file format 4 -> netCDF-4 classic model file format


-u dimension

Set dimension to be an unlimited dimension.

grib_to_netcdf examples

  1. Produce a NetCDF file from grib edition 1 

    > grib_to_netcdf -o output.nc input.grib1


  2. If your grib file has analysis and 6-hour forecast, then ignore keys 'type' and 'step'. Thus type=an/fc and step=00/06 will not be considered as netcdf dimensions. 

    > grib_to_netcdf -I type,step -o output.nc input.grib


  3. Do not use time of validity. If time of validity is used, it means the 1D time coordinate is considered as date+time+step, otherwise 3 different dimensions are created. The default behaviour is to use the time of validity. 

    > grib_to_netcdf -T -o output.nc input.grib


  4. Produce NetCDF with data type of FLOAT (32bit floating point, for higher precision). Note these types were chosen to provide a reasonably wide range of trade-offs between data precision and number of bits required for each value 

    > grib_to_netcdf -D NC_FLOAT -o output.nc input.grib