Rectilnear BOV format

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Hello,
we would like to convert our data (h5files for scalars, separate grid) in order to use
Vapor. Mesh coordinates are rectilinear, in x, y and z. Is it possible read such mesh ?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards
JM

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Hi @jml ,

Do you mean that the grid points are uniformly distanced in X, Y, and Z directions?
If so, I’m sure that if you export the grid to raw binary files, then it’ll be properly read by VAPOR as a BOV file. I’ll also check with my teammates and see if there’s a way to have VAPOR read it without creating raw binary files.

Best,
Sam

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Hi @jml ,

I heard back fro my teammates. There are a few nuances:

  1. if your grid is NOT uniformly distanced along any axis, then BOV would not work, because BOV assumes equal distance from one grid point to the next.
  2. VAPOR doesn’t natively support HDF5 files. The best path forward is to convert it to NetCDF files with a few metadata fields, so that it’s “CF-Compliant” and it will be able to be read by VAPOR. Please check out this page on what metadata fields are needed to be CF-Compliant.

Please let us know if it works for you!

Sam