20 June 2016

How to load .nc files into Matlab


Much climate data comes in the form of NetCDF files which have an .nc suffix.

This post is as much for my own reference in case I forget how to do it, as it is for anyone else interested in opening a NetCDF file in Matlab.

Here's a list of the current climate NetCDF files I am interested in:


  • ·       Satellite Temperature Lower Troposphere

(Note that the name suffix changes slightly with each month)

  •     NCEP Reanalysis 2 of Upward longwave radiation flux at nominal top of atmosphere