Comprehensive Examples

This page provides comprehensive examples on how to access and visualize various NASA HDF/HDF-EOS files using Python (pyhdf/h5py), NCL, MATLAB^®, and IDL^®. Other tools and programming languages examples can be found here.

Please read this special note first before you proceed further.

You can find examples quickly using the search box below. Please add keyword 'zoo' first to limit the search within this Comprehensive Examples page. Then, type the first few characters from the NASA HDF/HDF-EOS file name such as MOD06. Finally, you can limit the search by providing one of programming language keywords: Ptyhon, NCL, IDL, or MATLAB.

Search Examples by Product Name

For a list of examples for the different data centers, click on the product name in the table below.

NASA Data Centers Product Examples using different tools GES DISC AIRS TRMM MERRA TOMS OMI MLS HIRDLS BUV SWDB GSSTF GOSAT/ACOS OCO-2 GPM LAADS MOD MYD VIIRS LP DAAC AST MCD MOD MYD VIP WELD GED VIIRS GEOLST LaRC CALIPSO CATS CERES DSCOVR MISR MOPITT POAM3 SAGE III TES NSIDC AMSR_E AMSR_U2 MODIS NISE ICESat/GLAS SMAP PO.DAAC SMAP SeaWinds QuikSCAT Aquarius OMG ECCO MODIS Ocean Biology Processing Group OCTS SeaWiFS CZCS MODISA MODIST VIIRS GHRC LIS ICESat-2 ATL

Table 1. Sample Data Files and Code Examples

The following table selects MEaSUREs product examples only from the above table.

NASA Data Centers MEaSUREs Product Examples using different tools GESDISC BUV SWDB GSSTF LP DAAC VIP WELD

Table 2. Sample MEaSUREs Data Files and Code Examples

We also provide examples for other data centers that produce HDF files.

Other Data Centers Product Examples using different tools CDPC Product Type File Codes Plots Note CloudSAT Swath 2010128055614_21420_CS_2B-GEOPROF_GRANULE_P_R04_E03.hdf Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL 2011077180414_26000_CS_2B-GEOPROF-LIDAR_GRANULE_P2_R04_E04.hdf n/a n/a MATLAB n/a n/a n/a MATLAB n/a MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER Ocean Productivity Net Primary Production Aura Data Validation Center OMI

Table 3. Sample Data Files and Code Examples from Other Data Centers

We also extracted and documented information for sample HDF-EOS2/HDF4 and HDF-EOS5/HDF5 files that are useful to determine the EOS contents stored in the sample files. Please click here for HDF-EOS2/HDF4 and here for HDF-EOS5/HDF5 to read comprehensive description and retrieve sample files.

Last modified: 06/07/2021