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.HDF File Extension
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| File Type |
Hierarchical Data Format File |
| Category |
Data Files |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Standardized file format for storing scientific data; used in Environmental Science, Non-Destructive Testing, Neutron Scattering, and Aerospace fields; HDF utilities can manipulate, view, analyze, visualize, and convert scientific data from HDF files.
Two commonly used versions of HDF include HDF4 and HDF5; each version includes software libraries that contain functions for analyzing and manipulating the data in HDF files.
The The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has a list of NCSA HDF Utilities that can read and process HDF files. |
| Program(s) that open hdf files |
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Mac OS |
NCSA HDFView
Basic ENVISAT Atmospheric Toolbox (BEAT)
WaveMetrics IGOR Pro
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Windows |
THG HDF Utilities
NCSA HDFView
Basic ENVISAT Atmospheric Toolbox (BEAT)
GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
WaveMetrics IGOR Pro
Space Research HDF Explorer
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Linux |
NCSA HDFView
Basic ENVISAT Atmospheric Toolbox (BEAT)
GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library |
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| Updated 3/21/07 |
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