Other features of interest

• Data compression for SDS and rasters

• SDS: n-bit number types (e.g 12-bit numbers)

• The data part of an object can be stored in “special” ways

  • As a series of linked-blocks
  • As a portion of an external file
  • In chunks, or tiles

• HDF reads netCDF files

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