Scientific Data File Formats


This section describes how to import and export data in several standard scientific data formats. Topics covered include

Common Data Format (CDF) FilesReading and writing data and metadata using the Common Data Format (CDF) file format.
Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) FilesReading data and metadata using the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) file format.
Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5) FilesReading and writing data and metadata using the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5) file format.
Hierarchical Data Format (HDF4) FilesReading and writing data and metadata using the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF4) file format.
  


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