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.

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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 LAADS Product Type File Codes Plots CMR MOD more examples Swath MOD021KM.A2023223.0455.061.2023223132259.hdf MOD03.A2023223.0455.061.2023223112127.hdf (m) Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MOD021KM MOD05_L2.A2010001.0000.006.2015041171924.hdf MOD03.A2010001.0000.006.2012280165535.hdf (m) Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MOD05_L2_6 MOD06_L2.A2010001.0000.006.2015041180150.hdf MOD03.A2010001.0000.006.2012280165535.hdf (m) Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MOD06_L2_6 MOD07_L2.A2009346.2355.006.2015039005008.hdf Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MOD07_L2_6 MODATML2.A2018046.1040.006.2018046193653.hdf Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MODATML2_6 Grid MOD08_D3.A2010001.006.2015041224130.hdf Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MOD08_D3_6 MYD more examples Swath MYD021KM.A2002226.0000.006.2012033082925.hdf MYD03.A2002226.0000.006.2012033081943.hdf (m) Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MYD021KM_6 MYD02HKM.A2015125.0115.006.2015125153005.hdf lat_MYD02HKM.A2015125.0115.006.2015125153005.output lon_MYD02HKM.A2015125.0115.006.2015125153005.output Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MYD02HKM_6 MYD07_L2.A2002185.0000.006.2014190202043.hdf Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MYD07_L2_6 Grid MYD08_D3.A2009001.006.2015088160849.hdf Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL MYD08_D3_6 VIIRS more examples Swath AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP.A2021050.1218.011.nrt.nc Python(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) Python(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP_NRT VNP09_NRT.A2018064.0524.001.hdf VNP03IMG_NRT.A2018064.0524.001.nc(m) Python(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) Python(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) VNP09_NRT_1 VNP14IMG_NRT.A2018064.1200.001.nc Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL VNP14IMG_NRT_1 Grid VNP46A1.A2020302.h07v07.001.2020303075447.h5 Python NCL MATLAB IDL Python NCL MATLAB IDL VNP46A1 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 ASF SMAP ARIA

Table 1. Sample 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: 08/16/2023