sci@gentoo.org Gentoo Science Project python@gentoo.org Python netcdf4-python is a Python interface to the netCDF C library. netCDF version 4 can read and write files in both the new netCDF 4 and the old netCDF 3 format, and can create files that are readable by HDF5 clients. The API modelled after Scientific.IO.NetCDF, and should be familiar to users of that module. netCDF4