[ncl-talk] data conversion

[HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED]

Well the .Z extension probably means it was compressed with the unix compress command.  To uncompress "uncompress <filename>" if you have it available on your system.  After I did that, it looks like the file is some sort of compressed binary.

Here is one way to convert them to netcdf:  https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLIMATE/Processing+MERG+data+for+use+with+OCW


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Thanks for your assistance sir. I've tried the cdo to get general information on the data, but it did work.
Goodday sir,
I need help from someone that can guide me to convert this data format - 'merg_2012091000_4km-pixel.Z' to netcdf format.
I download Gobally-merged (60N-60S) pixel-resolution IR brightness temperature data (equivalent blackbody temps), merged from all available geostationary satellites (GOES-8/10, METEOSAT-7/5) This is the link:
http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&dataset=Global-merged%20IR%20Brightness%20Temperature%20Data&project=TRMM&dataGroup=Ancillary&version=001&CGISESSID=25c6337b80163b3743e8bea85d015558.

I really want it to be in netcdf format.