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How to convert netCDF file to Text File?

In the first version of NetCDF Extractor, the user can load one file to extract desirable region, so AgriMetSoft has developed the new version of NetCDF Extractor (NetCDF Extractor V.2.0) for extracting many files at once. You can convert any netcdf file by Netcdf Extractor. Usually, a netcdf file has 3 dimensions and you can save data in text file in 2 dimension, so, you should remove one of dimension for each output text file.

For better understanding, Let's go to read these points: Usually, the NetCDF files have three or more dimensions, whereas the text files just have two dimensions. For example, in a NetCDF file which has three dimensions (lat, lon, and time), If you want to convert the Netcdf variable to text file, so, you can convert each time to a Text file, or you can use NetCDF Extractor Version 2.1. In this version of NetCDF Extractor, you can save the NetCDF file in two styles, and then save it in a CSV file or Text file. For further information about convert NetCDF to text, you can refer to convert netCDF file to Text.

The tools in the workspace let you choose the dimension and details to extract, and whether to perform calculate on sum or average values. Data is shown in an organized table, and you can choose to export everything to Excel.

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