NetCDF/HDF Reader For Unity
This tool reads scientific data such as Carbon Emissions and Global Temperature
from NetCDF/HDF5 files and generates a map as a texture from it
Video goes through the process of loading 1025 NetCDF files, creating a serialized object from them and viewing all the generated textures from the dataset.
For my Climate Change VR project I wanted to let the user visualize the changes in data such as Carbon Dioxide and Sea Height over time on a globe in front of you.
Most of this scientific data is in a format called NetCDF originally made for C and FORTRAN and used by Scientists globally.
I use a wrapper in C# called HDFQL to load the data and read through documentation made by NASA or other institutions to understand how the data is used and why.
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About
Generate Textures from multiple files:
Load and Save data from thousands of files at a time and visualize them over time.
Features
Save data as Serialized Object:
Save a list of all files as well as any associated information that describes a NetCdf Variable.
View Data:
Can read information from a Dataset including Global Attributes and Variables
Choose Legend/Color Ramp:
Most maps have a legend or color table so you can know how to read the data.
Climatology already has a few standards using
Adobe Color Tables so I made a small plugin that converts it to a texture.
