Comprehensive Examples

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

Please read this special note first before you proceed further.

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

NASA Data Centers Product Examples using different tools GESDISC [Examples] LAADS [Examples] LP DAAC LP DAAC Product Type File Codes Plots Note MCD more examples Grid MCD43B4.A2007193.h25v05.005.2007211152315.hdf lat_MCD43B4.A2007193.h25v05.005.2007211152315.output lon_MCD43B4.A2007193.h25v05.005.2007211152315.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL MCD43C1.A2006353.004.2007012185705.hdf NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL MOD more examples Swath MOD11_L2.A2007278.0350.005.2007280073443.hdf MOD03.A2007278.0350.005.2009162161456.hdf (m) NCL MATLAB MATLAB(z) IDL IDL(z) NCL MATLAB MATLAB(z) IDL IDL(z)   MOD13C2.A2007001.005.2007108072029.hdf NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL Grid MOD11C2.A2007073.005.2007098050130.hdf NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL MOD09GA.A2007268.h10v08.005.2007272184810.hdf lat_MOD09GA.A2007268.h10v08.005.2007272184810_MODIS_Grid_500m_2D.output lon_MOD09GA.A2007268.h10v08.005.2007272184810_MODIS_Grid_500m_2D.output lat_MOD09GA.A2007268.h10v08.005.2007272184810_MODIS_Grid_1km_2D.output lon_MOD09GA.A2007268.h10v08.005.2007272184810_MODIS_Grid_1km_2D.output NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) Field: Range_1 NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) Field: sur_ref_b01 MOD09GHK.A2007001.h31v08.004.2007003192844.hdf lat_MOD09GHK.A2007001.h31v08.004.2007003192844.output lon_MOD09GHK.A2007001.h31v08.004.2007003192844.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL   MOD13A1.A2007257.h09v05.005.2007277183254.hdf lat_MOD13A1.A2007257.h09v05.005.2007277183254.output lon_MOD13A1.A2007257.h09v05.005.2007277183254.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL   MOD43B4.A2006353.h15v15.004.2007006030047.hdf lat_MOD43B4.A2006353.h15v15.004.2007006030047.output lon_MOD43B4.A2006353.h15v15.004.2007006030047.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL   MOD17A2.A2007113.h11v09.005.2007136163924.hdf lat_MOD17A2.A2007113.h11v09.005.2007136163924.output lon_MOD17A2.A2007113.h11v09.005.2007136163924.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL   MYD Swath MYD11_L2.A2007093.0735.005.2007101061952.hdf MYD03.A2007093.0735.005.2009281140106.hdf (m) NCL NCL(z) MATLAB MATLAB(z) IDL IDL(z) NCL NCL(z) MATLAB MATLAB(z) IDL IDL(z) Grid MYD11C2.A2006337.004.2006348062459.hdf NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL MYD09A1.A2007273.h03v07.005.2007285103507.hdf lat_MYD09A1.A2007273.h03v07.005.2007285103507.output lon_MYD09A1.A2007273.h03v07.005.2007285103507.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL MYD17A2.A2007073.h09v08.005.2007096132046.hdf lat_MYD17A2.A2007073.h09v08.005.2007096132046.output lon_MYD17A2.A2007073.h09v08.005.2007096132046.output NCL MATLAB IDL NCL MATLAB IDL MYD13A1.A2006321.h10v05.004.2006341182856.hdf lat_MYD13A1.A2006321.h10v05.004.2006341182856.output lon_MYD13A1.A2006321.h10v05.004.2006341182856.output NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) NCL(z) MATLAB(z) IDL(z) LaRC [Examples] NSIDC [Examples] PO.DAAC [Examples] Ocean Biology Processing Group [Examples] GHRC [Examples] ICESat-2 [Examples]

Table 1: Sample Data Files and Code Examples

We also provide examples for other data centers that produce HDF4 files.

Other Data Centers Product Examples using different tools CloudSAT Data Processing Center [Examples] Ocean Productivity [Examples]

Table 2: Sample Data Files and Code Examples from Other Data Centers

We also extracted and documented information for sample HDF-EOS2/HDF4 and HDF-EOS5 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 to read comprehensive description and retrieve sample files.

Last modified: 05/14/2012