NASA Ames Format

The NASA Ames format is the preferred ASCII format at RAF. We have scripts that will read NASA Ames and generate netCDF files using the header for information on variable names, etc. If you would like complete metadata in your netCDF files, please use this format.

Note that RAF code allows negative missing values, but the NASA Ames checker does not.

Info at:

• http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/help/formats/NASA-Ames/
• http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/help/formats/NASA-Ames/na-for-dummies-1D.html
• http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dataex_file.cgi.pl - Checks your files for compliance with NASA Ames format.
• http://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/docs/formatspec_2_0.html- describes the NASA Ames version 2 format

Please note:

• Units in parentheses at the end of the variable description line.
• List of short variable names in the special comments section.

Sample format:

18 1001
Lastname, Firstname
NCAR Research Aviation Facility
N677F
PACDEX
1 1
2007 05 19 2007 06 27
1.0
Time in seconds from 00Z
3
1.0 1.0 1.0
99999 99999 99999
Reference GPS Altitude (MSL) (m)
Reference GPS Longitude (degree_E)
Reference GPS Latitude (degree_N)
0
1
UTC GGALT GGLON GGLAT
83550 133.775 139.35 35.7402
83551 134.136 139.35 35.7407
83552 134.357 139.35 35.7412
83553 134.676 139.35 35.7418
...