Since I have spent most of my time dealing with weather data in Python, this repository will highlight basic data access via Python for data files:
- netCDF (.nc) - most common
- GRIB (.grib or .grib2) - most common
- HDF5 (.h5)
- BUFR
- AREA
- Fits (.fits) - Hubble Telescope Data
One of the most common data file types for working with weather/atmospheric data is the .nc files
- GOES data usually is packaged in this format
- Some model data also is in this format
- Most GFS and other models are in this format initially
- A lot of other satellite data (MSG, etc) are origianlly in this format