ncdfCF

0.8.2

Easy Access to NetCDF Files with CF Metadata Conventions

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Overview

About

Maintained by Patrick Van LaakeFirst published 2024-06-1011 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Network Common Data Form ('netCDF') files are widely used for scientific data. Library-level access in R is provided through packages 'RNetCDF' and 'ncdf4'. Package 'ncdfCF' is built on top of 'RNetCDF' and makes the data and its attributes available as a set of R6 classes that are informed by the Climate and Forecasting Metadata Conventions. Access to the data uses standard R subsetting operators and common function forms.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("ncdfCF", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("R-CF/ncdfCF")

Development version from R-CF/ncdfCF. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-ncdfcf

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-ncdfCF

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 3.2 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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OK2026-03-10
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Repository

GitHub ↗ r-cf/ncdfcf

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166 commits · Last activity 2026-07-23

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Dependencies

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13 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 4.0

Imports (6)

abind CFtimemethodsR6 RNetCDF stringr

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Patrick Van Laake

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Patrick Van Laake

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Package Timeline

11 releases. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.8.2Latest
2026-03-08 · current release · diff ↗
0.8.1
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0.8.0
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2025-04-16 · diff ↗
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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2025-01-19 · diff ↗
0.2.1
2024-10-14 · diff ↗
0.1.1
2024-06-10
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2024-06-10
Total releases: 11 / 2 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: 1.1 MB
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