Ncview

Ncview is simple yet powerful visual browser to open and view netCDF files. This software is useful to check and view the input and output files of WRF-Fire.

How to Install Ncview on Linux

Linux users can install Ncview from Advanced Package Tool (apt-get) using the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install ncview

How to Install Ncview on Mac

Mac users can install Ncview using Homebrew:

$ brew install ncview

How to Use Ncview

netCDF files can be opened in Ncview using the following command on both Linux and Mac:

$ ncview (path to the netcdf file)/(netcdf file)

After the file is opened in Ncview, variables in the netCDF file can be viewed from variables menu (see below figure).

Ncview window after opening a netCDF file

After selecting the variable of interest, it will be shown in XY plane using color-filled contours.

Ncview window after choosing a variable

Output window of Ncview showing the value of the chosen variable in XY plane

Ncview can also plot 2D graphs of the selected variable. By left-clicking on a point of interest from the output window, Ncview generates a graph showing the value of the chosen variable with respect to a transect passing the chosen point.

Sample of Ncview generated 2D graph