Loading data

Formatting your data is a two step process. Step 1) create a .vdf metadata file that describes your model, and 2) convert your data contents into Vapor's wavelet-based representation called VDC (Vapor Data Collection). For netCDF data, you'll most likely use the ncdfvdfcreate command-line tool to create your .vdf (https://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/reference-manuals/ncdfvdfcreate); and then use another command-line tool called ncdf2vdf (https://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/reference-manuals/ncdf2vdf). If your data happens to be output from the MOM, POP, ROMS, or WRF models, you can use the 'vdcwizard' graphical tool to convert your data (which is not command-line based), or you can directly import the data by selecting Data->Import data into current session from Vapor's options menu. Hope that helps!