NetcdfStep, Mac OS X edition

NetcdfStep: An Objective-C wrapper for the netCDF library.

    NetCDF is a data storage standard and its associated library of C functions.
    NetcdfStep is a wrapper written in Objective-C and using the Cocoa foundation
    classes. It presents the functionality of netCDF version 3.6.2 in an object-oriented
    form. The standard build is a binary that supports the 32-bit i386
architecture. 32-bit requires 10.4 or higher; 64-bit requires 10.5 or higher.
    Several optional build targets offer special features including 64-bit support, 
    compatibility with Fink project, or remote data access over the internet.
It has also been ported to the GNUstep environment in a separate package.

    The root object is the NetcdfDataset, and its primary member variables are 
    NSArrays of NetcdfDimension, NetcdfAttribute and NetcdfVariable. The basic classes
    are read-only; the mutable categories add methods to create and modify datasets. 
    Initializing a NetcdfDataset with the path to an existing netCDF file will 
    automatically instantiate the necessary members. Conversely, instantiating a new
    NetcdfDataset will create the corresponding netCDF data file on disk. The dimensions,
    attributes and variables can be accessed by name. Attribute values are returned as 
    type id, which may be (as appropriate) as NSString, NSNumber, or NSArray of NSNumber. 
    Variable values are returned as NSData, NSNumber or NSString depending on the method.

    The structure of the dataset is obtained by the method -schema which returns an 
    NSMutableDictionary of the names, types and sizes of the members. New datasets, 
    dimensions, attributes and variables may be created from their corresponding schemas. 

    Note that all initialized NetcdfDataset, NetcdfDimension, NetcdfAttribute, and NetcdfVariable 
    objects are always backed by real netCDF data structures on disk. There is no means of 
    creating an abstract NetcdfDataset because such objects are slaved to the netCDF dataset
    file. Nor is it possible to transfer the backing file from one NetcdfDataset object 
    to another. If an abstract representation is required, use the schema mechanism.

    In version 1.0.0, the API has been declared complete and frozen. All obsolete interfaces 
    have been removed. This version is compatible with development releases 0.6.0 or later.

    The current version is 1.0.5.

Copyright notices

NetcdfStep

NetcdfStep is copyright (C) 2004-2012 Mark Tracy Special Engineering. All rights reserved.
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netCDF

Portions of this software were developed by the Unidata Program at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu)
The netCDF data interchange standard and the NetCDF software libraries are Copyright 1993-2005 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata.
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