Compare netCDF files against ODF using some simple scripts

[pramod-thupaki]

The data conversion process from ODF to netCDF format has to be verified using an independent method. Script used can be in R/Python/Matlab; However it cannot use any of the packages used in creating the netCDF files.

[JessyBarrette]

A simple way would be to just parse the ODF header format and data directly by using a simple method like described here.

This method essentially parses the ODF header into a list of dictionaries.
Data can then be easily converted to a python pandas dataframe and python xarray dataset. Original attributes from the ODF format can be easily carried on to the xarray dataset which can be saved to a nc file easily.

[guillotp]

I can also perform some matlab code. I have alreay functions to parse ODF files. Double check from different sources should be efficient.

[JessyBarrette]

ODF parsing with through the R package OCE and developed Python method odf_parser.read() was tested on 2500 ODF files and suggested both methods agrees on the result! Comparison script can be find under projects/odf_transform/oce_comparison/compare_oce_vs_odf-read.py