markusReinert / pyncview

PyNcView is a cross-platform NetCDF viewer written in Python. It provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface to the creation of animations and publication-quality figures.

PyNcView

PyNcView is a cross-platform NetCDF viewer written in Python. It provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface to the creation of animations and publication-quality figures.

Installation

The easiest way to install PyNcView is via PyPi:

pip install pyncview

To run PyNcView you will need to have PyQt or PySide installed. To install the former, use pip install pyqt5 or, if using the Anaconda Python distribution, conda install pyqt.

Use

To use PyNcView, start it from the command line with

pyncview

If you add the path to the NetCDF file you want to open, PyNcView will show that right away, for instance:

pyncview result.nc