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Convert ASCII to NetCDF

The Convert ASCII to NetCDF option allows the conversion of from an ASCII file to a NetCDF file. Clicking on it, the dialog shown in figure 4.1.5 will pop up.
Figure 4.14: The dialog used to convert files in ASCII/CDL format to NetCDF format.
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To use this functionnality, the ncgen program [37] provided with the NetCDF library must be installed and the path to the ncgen executable must be defined in the nMOLDYN preferences. If ncgen is not installed, this functionnality will be disabled.

To perform the conversion, the following input fields must be filled:


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