nc-check Docs

nc-check helps you validate and prepare xarray.Dataset objects for CF-1.12-ready NetCDF output.

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• Getting Started
• CLI Guide
• Python API Guide
• Checks and Reports
• Troubleshooting
• Development

Quick Commands

nc-check input.nc
nc-check all input.nc --save-report
nc-comply input.nc output.nc

Python Quickstart

import xarray as xr
import nc_check

ds = xr.Dataset(
    data_vars={"temp": (("time", "lat", "lon"), [[[280.0]]])},
    coords={"time": [0], "lat": [10.0], "lon": [20.0]},
)

report = ds.check.all(report_format="python")
fixed = ds.check.make_cf_compliant()