Works on Linux and MacOS, not under Windows
Reading NetCDF directly from OPeNDAP using R
Example: Oxygen concentrations at station VOLKRK02
# Load the packages: library("ncdf4") #library("ncdf") ## oude versie url_grid <- "http://opendap.deltares.nl/thredds/dodsC/opendap/rijkswaterstaat/waterbase/O2/id360-VOLKRK02.nc" ## open connection VOLKRK02_O2 <- nc_open(url_grid) ## Look what's inside str(ncatt_get(VOLKRK02_O2, "O2")) str(ncatt_get(VOLKRK02_O2, "time")) ## Get time series data G.time <- ncvar_get(VOLKRK02_O2,"time") G.O2 <- ncvar_get(VOLKRK02_O2,'O2') ## Convert G.time to real date date <- as.Date(G.time, origin = "1970-01-01 00:00:00 +01:00") ## Plot data against time plot(date, G.O2,"l", main = "Oxygen in VOLKERAK02") ##close connection nc_close(VOLKRK02_O2)