What engine should i use instead of pynio engine in xarray to read .hdf file

[Jayayadav33]

I am trying to read a .hdf file. But there is an error for the line:

data = xr.open_dataset(filename, engine='pynio')

ValueError: unrecognized engine pynio must be one of: ['netcdf4', 'scipy', 'rasterio', 'store']

I am using windows 11 and unable to install pynio in anaconda. What engine should i use instead of pynio in the above command??

[andersy005]

@Jayayadav33, have you tried

data = xr.open_dataset(filename, engine='netcdf4')

or install h5netcdf via conda install -c conda-forge h5netcdf

and use

data = xr.open_dataset(filename, engine='h5netcdf')

[kmuehlbauer]

Another try, depending on the source data (eg. HDF4) is engine=rasterio. You would need to install rasterio/rioxarray.

[Jayayadav33]

The hdf file is obtained from AERIS/ICARE and the filename is DARDAR-CLOUD_v2.1.1_2017002114852_56830.hdf
data = xr.open_dataset(filename, engine='h5netcdf')
This did not work.

data = xr.open_dataset(filename, engine='netcdf4')
This worked.

With engine = rasterio. Got the following error:
RioXarrayError: Multiple resolution sets found. Use 'variable' or 'group' to filter.