Step-by-step guide on how to create a NetCDF-CF file using xarray in Python for beginners. You don't need to be an expert in Python! I hope this video will show you that you can do it too.

00:00 Introduction
06:46 Adding data
09:57 Adding metadata - variable attributes
20:05 Adding metadata - global attributes
29:32 Encoding and outputting your file

Introduction to NetCDF video: https://www.youtube.com/watch/FGHJh...

CF conventions: https://cfconventions.org/
CF standard name table: https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-sta...
ACDD conventions: https://wiki.esipfed.org/Attribute_Co...
Arctic Data Centre global attributes requirements (applicable to SIOS): https://adc.met.no/node/4
xarray manual: https://xarray.dev/
SIOS data access portal: https://sios-svalbard.org/metsis/search

Data: https://github.com/lhmarsden/NetCDF-C...
Global attributes file: https://github.com/lhmarsden/NetCDF-C...
Script: https://github.com/lhmarsden/NetCDF-C...