Is this library ready for "show time" (though limited in feature set) ?

[jmcazaux]

Hi there,
I need to extract wind data from NCEP file and I am looking for a Java library.

Do you think this one is suitable?
The WIP is a bit worrying and there is not much documentation (but I do not need to do a lot either)...

Many thanks,
JM

[wavermartijn]

Hi,
You are right that the WIP has paused for quite some time now and the library is far from mature. However it should already be possible to read in NCEP data with this library.
One of the goals of this library is to read in data as is, without interpolating it and thus generating errors.
But, as NCEP data (mostly) has a rectangular projection, you could consider using the NetCDF library as well:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/netcdf-java/documentation.htm

When you want to read in grib data in a different projection than rectangular projections and you don't want to 'lose' detail, then (a mature version) of our library would be an option.