[MITgcm-support] Converting mdsio output to netcdf, or reading mdsio in python

[cimatori]

Hi everybody,
I have a technical issue which is probably rather common. I am using 
layers package to compute the stream function in density, but layers 
package can produce output only in the meta/data format. Unfortunately, 
I have no matlab available, and all my scripts are based on netcdf 
format. Is there a way convert meta/data to netcdf? Is there an easy way 
to read meta/data files in python?
I do have access to octave (an open source version of matlab) if that 
can help.
Many thanks,

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Andrea Cimatoribus
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
www.knmi.nl/~cimatori