| File Type |
Hierarchical Data Format File |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Standardized file format for storing scientific data; used in environmental science, non-destructive testing, neutron scattering, and aerospace applications; HDF utilities can manipulate, view, analyze, visualize, and convert scientific data from HDF files.
Two commonly used versions of HDF include HDF4 and HDF5; each version includes software libraries that contain functions for analyzing and manipulating the data in HDF files.
The HDF Group maintains a list of programs that can read and process HDF files; one common open source option is GDAL - The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library. |
| Program(s) that open hdf files |
Mac: NCSA HDFView; Basic ENVISAT Atmospheric Toolbox (BEAT); WaveMetrics IGOR Pro
Windows: THG HDF Utilities; NCSA HDFView; Basic ENVISAT Atmospheric Toolbox (BEAT); GDAL; WaveMetrics IGOR Pro; Space Research HDF Explorer
Unix: NCSA HDFView; Basic ENVISAT Atmospheric Toolbox (BEAT); GDAL |
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