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+NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a set of interfaces for
+array-oriented data access and a freely-distributed collection of data
+access libraries for C, Fortran, C++, Java, and other languages. The
+netCDF libraries support a machine-independent format for representing
+scientific data. Together, the interfaces, libraries, and format support
+the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data.
+
+NetCDF data is:
+
+   * Self-Describing. A netCDF file includes information about the
+   data it contains.  
+   * Portable. A netCDF file can be accessed by computers with different 
+   ways of storing integers, characters, and floating- point numbers.  
+   * Scalable. A small subset of a large dataset may be accessed 
+   efficiently.  
+   * Appendable. Data may be appended to a properly structured netCDF 
+   file without copying the dataset or redefining its structure.  
+   * Sharable. One writer and multiple readers may simultaneously access
+   the same netCDF file.
+   * Archivable. Access to all earlier forms of netCDF data will be
+   supported by current and future versions of the software.
+
+The netCDF software was developed by Glenn Davis, Russ Rew, Ed Hartnett,
+John Caron, Steve Emmerson, and Harvey Davies at the Unidata Program
+Center in Boulder, Colorado, with contributions from many other netCDF
+users.