1. List of packages:
FERRET
FERRET is a freely available visualization and analysis tool from the Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory. FERRET commands similar to these should read the file and
produce a plot:
yes? use "uwnd.mean.nc"
yes? !Use only the first time step for this plot
yes? set region/l=1
yes? contour uwnd
GrADS
The Graphic Analysis and Display System (GrADS), developed at COLA, is also freely available. GrADS has a SDF (Self Describing File) interface that can read a netCDF or
HDF (Scientific Data Sets) file that is compatible with the COARDS netCDF conventions.