Common Data Format (CDF) is a library and toolkit that was developed by the
National Space Science Data Center The NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) serves as the permanent archive for NASA space science mission data. "Space science" includes astronomy and astrophysics, solar and space plasma physics, and planetary and lunar science. A ...
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NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
started in 1985. The software is an interface for the
storage and
manipulation of
multi-dimensional data sets.
See also
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CGNS
CGNS stands for CFD General Notation System. It is a general, portable, and extensible standard for the storage and retrieval of CFD analysis data. It consists of a collection of conventions, and free and open software implementing those convent ...
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CFD General Notation System)
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Common data model
A common data model (CDM) can refer to any standardised data model which allows for data and information exchange between different applications and data sources. Common data models aim to standardise logical infrastructure so that related applicat ...
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EAS3
EAS3 (EAS = Ein-Ausgabe-System) is a software toolkit for reading and writing structured binary data with geometry information and for postprocessing of these data. It is meant to exchange floating-point data according to IEEE standard between di ...
(Ein-Ausgabe-System)
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FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)
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GRIB
GRIB (GRIdded Binary or General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form) is a concise data format commonly used in meteorology to store historical and forecast weather data. It is standardized by the World Meteorological Organization's C ...
(GRIdded Binary)
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Hierarchical Data Format
Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) is a set of file formats (HDF4, HDF5) designed to store and organize large amounts of data. Originally developed at the U.S. National Center for Supercomputing Applications, it is supported by The HDF Group, a non-p ...
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NetCDF
NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data. The project homepage is hosted by the Unidata ...
(Network Common Data Form - not compatible with CDF)
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Tecplot
Tecplot is the name of a family of visualization & analysis software tools developed by American company Tecplot, Inc., which is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The firm was formerly operated as Amtec Engineering. In 2016, the firm was ac ...
binary files
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XMDF
XMDF (eXtensible Model Data Format) is a library providing a standard format for the geometric data storage of river cross-sections, 2D/ 3D structured and unstructured meshes, geometric paths through space, and associated time data. XMDF uses H ...
(eXtensible Model Data Format)
References
External links
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* section 4.2 contains a comparison of CDF, HDF, and netCDF.
Meteorological data and networks
NASA spin-off technologies
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