Re: Writing large [x,x,x,x] files

[Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst(at)noaa.gov>]

Sean Heukels wrote:
> 
> What write procedure can I use when I want to write a
> matrix to file that is 128x128, multislice and with multi timepoint
> 
> Say data(128,128,4,50).
> I tried PNG, but it says it will only take (1-4, n, m)
> Does anyone know of a better file format ???
> 
> And furthermore, would that format be able to allow a user to write a little
> bit of extra info, say a description to a header/footer in that same file ??

netCDF.

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