Animation of a NetCDF Space-Time File.

By David R. Maidment

A file of Nexrad precipitation for June 28 through July 18, 2002 for the San Marcos Basin, can be found at:

http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2008/Ex4/Nexrad/ST4_Agg_2002-TEST.nc

In ArcMap, open Arc Toolbox and select the Multidimension Tools/Make NetCDF Raster Layer

Select this netCDF file for the tool and select time as the Dimension Value

This shows precipitation over all of the United States for these days.  Add the San Marcos Basin to the display and zoom to it:

Create a time layer animation

And it works!!