cdflib

A python package to read CDF files without needing to install the CDF NASA library.

Source: github | Archive: zenodo.

Installing

cdflib requires python 3 and numpy. To install run

python3 -m pip install cdflib

What is cdflib?

cdflib is an effort to replicate the CDF libraries using a pure python implementation. This means users do not need to install the CDF NASA libraries.

The only module you need to install is numpy, but there are a few things you can do with astropy and xarray.

What can cdflib do?

• Ability to read variables and attributes from CDF files (see CDF Reading)
• Writes CDF version 3 files (see CDF Writing)
• Can convert between CDF time types (EPOCH/EPOCH16/TT2000) to other common time formats (see CDF Time Conversions)
• Can convert CDF files into XArray Dataset objects and vice versa, attempting to maintain ISTP compliance (see Working with XArray)