the netCDF PHZD.nc contains data on profile development along 7 transects along the Prins Hendrikzanddijk, Texel, the Netherlands. The dataset contains bed level data projected onto a 0.25 discretization of the target transects. The coordinates are 'ID' representing the date of the survey, 'd' distance on the cross-shore, and 'transect' for the transect number. The variables are 'z': bed level wrt NAP, 'x' and 'y': the coordinates in RDnew (epsg28992). There are several ways to work with / inspect netcdf's. For example, but not limited to, the xarray python package or the native netcdf read functionality of Matlab. in Python: import xarray as xr ds = xr.open_dataset(PHZD.nc) print(ds.attrs) ds.isel(ID=10).z.plot() in Matlab: da = ncread(PHZD.nc); ncdump(ds)