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 Product Type File Codes Plots CMR ATL more examples Swath ATL02_20190520193327_08020311_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL02 ATL03_20181027235521_04480111_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL03 ATL04_20181117090604_07600101_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL04 ATL06_20190223232535_08780212_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL06 ATL07-01_20210223204748_09451001_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL07 ATL08_20210114234518_03361001_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL08 ATL09_20221012234137_03401701_005_02.h5 Python NCL Octave IDL Python NCL Octave IDL ATL09 ATL10-02_20181227215113_13790101_004_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL10 ATL11_051911_0313_005_01.h5 Python n/a MATLAB IDL Python n/a MATLAB IDL ATL11 ATL12_20190330212241_00250301_004_02.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL12 ATL13_20190330212241_00250301_002_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL13_002 Grid ATL14_AA_0314_100m_002_02.nc ATL14_AA_0314_100m_002_02.aux.nc for NCL Python Python for NCL NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL14_002 ATL15_AA_0314_01km_002_02.nc ATL15_AA_0314_01km_002_02.aux.nc for NCL Python Python for NCL NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL15_002 ATL16_20210101010136_01231001_003_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL16 ATL17_20201201000814_10360901_003_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL17 ATL19_20181001010615_00370101_001_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL19 ATL20-01_20181101001332_05100101_002_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL20 ATL21-01_20210301005637_10241001_001_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL21 ATL22_20210712003905_02811201_002_01.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL ATL22 ASF SMAP ARIA

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 CloudSAT Data Processing Center CloudSAT MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER Ocean Productivity Net Primary Production

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: 05/11/2023