Project Setup and Execution Guide

Prerequisites

0. Download Docker Desktop

Ensure you have Docker Desktop installed on your machine. You can download it from Docker's official website.

Building and Running the Docker Environment

1. Build the Docker Image

Navigate to the project root directory in your terminal and build the Docker image using the following command:

docker build -t my-fortran-env .

2. Run the Docker Container

In the project root directory, run the Docker container. This command will start the container and mount the app directory, allowing you to execute Python code within the Docker environment:

docker run -it --rm -v ./app:/app my-fortran-env bash

If you are in a windows environment, you may need to specify the absolute path instead of an absolute path, so the code above would be modified to:

docker run -it --rm -v absolute/path/to/app:/app my-fortran-env bash

Also, you will want to create a "data" folder within your "app" folder (as the python files are currently written) that has the netCDF files you want to convert.

Executing Python Scripts

3. Generate Intermediate Data Format

Inside the Docker container, run the Python script to generate the intermediate data format:

python netcdf2intermediate.py

4. Read the Generated Intermediate File

After generating the intermediate file, you can read it using the same Python library:

python readthefile.py

Exiting and Re-running the Docker Container

5. Exit the Docker Container

To exit the Docker container, type the following command. The container will be deleted automatically:

exit

6. Re-run the Docker Container

If you need to run the Docker container again and already have the Docker image built, repeat steps 2 to 5.