title: Converting Native NetCDF to Gridded NetCDF3
body: <p>Attempting to access raw NEXRAD data in native NetCDF format from the NOAA servers (i.e. thredds-aws, Amazon, etc.) and convert them to a gridded NetCDF file for post-processing automatically. </p>
  
  <p>NOAA's <a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/wct/install.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Weather and Climate Toolkit</a> is able to export a gridded NetCDF3 file (in dropbox folder below).</p>
  
  <p>I have trained an external code to process the exported gridded files. But, to automate this process and analyze several years for my research, I must figure out how to convert a native file from the NOAA servers into this gridded format. Specifically, I would like to have an MxN array in the final output file for the 'reflectivity', in dBz, of the lowest elevation scan angle, ~0.5 degrees, with 1D arrays of size M and N for Latitude and Longitude, respectively.</p>
  
  <p>To assist in understanding what I'm looking for, here is a folder with two files in it. The one titled "KDOX_Gridded_V06_20170601_190648.nc", is the format I am seeking, and the other one is the RAW, native NetCDF that is easily accessible via online servers:
  <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zgpb318ncpif894/AAAuBLsjC0_BRfB0T7peJk9ca?dl=0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zgpb318ncpif894/AAAuBLsjC0_BRfB0T7peJk9ca?dl=0</a></p>
  
  <p>Thank you</p>