Recipe: Python program to read data from downloaded file
Problem
We want to read a downloaded data file using Python.
Solution
For the purpose of this example, we assume that we have already downloaded the file c1440_NR.inst01hr_3d_T_Cv.20060918_0900z.nc4 from the ftp server. For more information about file naming conventions, and how to download a file from the ftp server, please follow the links in the #See Also section.
Using netcdf4-python
Here we use the netcdf4-python package to read the data file.