add file formats file and notes

Andy Barrett · Andy Barrett · commit 96ff9b30ba73 · 2025-01-22T15:42:47.000-07:00
diff --git a/reference-guides/nsidc-file-formats.qmd b/reference-guides/nsidc-file-formats.qmd
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+title: "File formats"
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+How to read and navigate file formats commonly found at NSIDC.  This should include guidance toavoid low-level tools like netcdf4, h5py and use xarray and pandas instead.
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+- NetCDF4 (and NetCDFx)
+- HDF5
+- HDF-EOS
+- Shapefiles
+- GeoTIFF  
