modisconverter

modisconverter is a Python package that converts MODIS data from HDF4 to NetCDF4 file format.

Prequisites

• Python >= 3.9
• GDAL >= 3.1.2, with supported file formats HDF4 and netCDF

Installation

This package is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip.

Package install depends on having a Python GDAL package that matches the version of the underlying GDAL installation. It also requires the rasterio package to be built from source.

$ pip install GDAL==<installed-version-number> --no-binary rasterio modisconverter

e.g.

$ pip install GDAL==3.6.3 --no-binary rasterio modisconverter

You can find your installed GDAL version by using the gdal-config binary:

$ gdal-config --version

Environment Considerations

It's recommended to install the package in a virtual environment. Otherwise, if your machine can run Docker containers, installing the package in one provides natural isolation.

For potential Docker images, you could consider using one of the official GDAL images from DockerHub, which contain a GDAL and Python installation. For instance, the Ubuntu-based image ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-full-3.6.3. Note that the pip package manager may not be installed in such images.

Usage

from modisconverter import convert_file

src = 'example-modis.hdf'
dst = 'example-modis.nc'
convert_file(src, dst)

Documentation

Listed below are various documents pertaining to this project.

• Changelog - Information on releases.
• Usage - Detailed usage of the library.