ncl - NCAR command Language

The NCAR Command Language (NCL) is a free interpreted language designed specifically for scientific data processing and visualization. NCL has robust file input and output. It can read and write netCDF-3, netCDF-4 classic HDF4, HDF5, binary, and ASCII data, and read HDF-EOS2, GRIB1 and GRIB2. The graphics are world class and highly customizable.

The software comes with a couple of useful command line tools: * ncl_filedump - prints the contents of supported files (netCDF, HDF, GRIB1, GRIB2, HDF-EOS2, and CCM History Tape) * ncl_convert2nc - converts one or more GRIB1, GRIB2, HDF and/or HDF-EOS iles to netCDF formatted files.