Accessing netCDF/OPeNDAP data with arcGIS

Buy arcGis 10 (9.2+) and use one of these options:

1. use native arcGIS netCDF support (no curvilinear model grids!)
   • http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgiSDEsktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Adding_netCDF_data_in_ArcGIS
   • http://www.narccap.ucar.edu/data/gis-howto.html
   • slides from ESRI at NASA HDF EOS workshop on improving arcGIS support for CF conventions http://hdfeos.org/workshops/ws15/agenda.php
   • http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2011/04/19/environmental-data-collector-extension-for-arcgis-10-0/
2. download the free Environmental Data Connector EDC extension made by ASA on request of NOAA.
3. MGET arcGis 10.1 addition: http://mgel.env.duke.edu/mget