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Posted on January 21, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

How to read netCDF raster data in GRASS or QGIS?

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How to read netCDF data in Qgis?

There are different ways to open a netCDF file in QGIS. Either click on the icon on the top left, as shown below, or drag and drop a file directly onto the map canvas. Choose a netCDF file (. nc), then click on the variable you want; for example, temperature.

How to extract data from netCDF file using Qgis?

Quote from video: Ago all right now we'll see how we can do the same process using qgis. All right so to open net cd files using qgis. You can head over to layer. And click add layer. And we are going to add a rust

How to convert netCDF to raster in Arcgis?

Reading netCDF data as a raster layer

  1. Click the Analysis tab.
  2. Click Tools.
  3. Type Make NetCDF Raster Layer in the text box.
  4. Click Make NetCDF Raster Layer in the returned list to open the tool.
  5. Type the name in the Input netCDF File text box, or click the browse button to navigate to the input file.

How do I read a netCDF file?

To read a netCDF file of known structure, you need to:

  1. open the file – Specify the file name and whether you want read-write or read-only access.
  2. read variable or attribute data – Read the data or attributes of interest.
  3. close the file – Release all resources associated with this file.


Can QGIS read NetCDF?

Open a derived NetCDF file with QGIS



Start QGIS. In the top menu select “Layer” -> “Add Layer” -> “Add Raster Layer”. As “Source type” select “File”. In the “Source” input field select the NetCDF file downloaded in step 1.

Is NetCDF a raster or vector?

Multidimensional formats, including NetCDF, GRIB, and HDF, are often used in the scientific community to store meteorological and oceanographic data such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and direction.

Is NetCDF a raster?

Raster cell values are exported as netCDF variables. Longitude and latitude, or x- and y-coordinate values, are exported as coordinate variables. A single-band raster is exported as a variable of rank 2, which means it has two dimensions, representing x- and y-coordinates.

How do I convert NC to CSV?

One file conversion (specifying a filename)



We set some variables to get the input netcdf_file_name, its path and the output csv_file_name and path. We open the netcdf file (using open_dataset() method), convert it to a dataframe ( to_dataframe() method) and write this object to a csv file ( to_csv() method).

How to convert NC to TIFF?

Quote from video:

How do I convert NC to CSV?

One file conversion (specifying a filename)



We set some variables to get the input netcdf_file_name, its path and the output csv_file_name and path. We open the netcdf file (using open_dataset() method), convert it to a dataframe ( to_dataframe() method) and write this object to a csv file ( to_csv() method).

How to convert NC to TIFF?

At the top of the screen, click on the “Windows” tab and then click “Search”. Click on “Make NetCDF Raster Layer”. To export the raster to geoTIFF, click on “File” then “Export Map”. Select the location where you want the output file to be located and a name for the file.

How to extract data from NetCDF file using python?

Quote from video: So make that equal to x array dot. Open data set. And then we just have to input the file path of the data set we want to load.

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