html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5515#issuecomment-1485155675,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5515,1485155675,IC_kwDOAMm_X85Yha1b,5821660,2023-03-27T13:59:40Z,2023-03-27T13:59:40Z,MEMBER,"Late to the party. If this is still an issue for you @mickaellalande, MODIS data can also be read using `engine=""rasterio""` (needs `rioxarray`). ```python In [1]: import xarray as xr ...: with xr.open_dataset('source/MODIS/MOD10C1.A2000055.061.2020037182124.hdf', engine=""rasterio"") as ds: ...: display(ds) ...: Dimensions: (band: 1, x: 7200, y: 3600) Coordinates: * band (band) int64 1 * x (x) float64 -180.0 -179.9 -179.9 ... 179.9 180.0 * y (y) float64 89.97 89.92 89.88 ... -89.93 -89.98 spatial_ref int64 ... Data variables: Day_CMG_Snow_Cover (band, y, x) float32 ... Day_CMG_Clear_Index (band, y, x) float32 ... Day_CMG_Cloud_Obscured (band, y, x) float32 ... Snow_Spatial_QA (band, y, x) float32 ... Attributes: (12/50) ALGORITHMPACKAGEACCEPTANCEDATE: 09-2013 ALGORITHMPACKAGEMATURITYCODE: Normal ALGORITHMPACKAGENAME: MOD_PR10C1 ALGORITHMPACKAGEVERSION: 6 ASSOCIATEDINSTRUMENTSHORTNAME.1: MODIS ASSOCIATEDPLATFORMSHORTNAME.1: Terra ... ... SNOWCOVERPERCENT: 28 SOUTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE: -90.0 SPSOPARAMETERS: none VERSIONID: 61 WESTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE: -180.0 ZONEIDENTIFIER: Other Grid System ```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,928381010 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5515#issuecomment-867821781,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5515,867821781,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDg2NzgyMTc4MQ==,1217238,2021-06-24T17:30:07Z,2021-06-24T17:30:07Z,MEMBER,"OK, so the (misleading) error message here is ultimately coming from the underlying netCDF library, not Xarray. Inspecting these files, it looks like they are HDF4 files, not netCDF3. We haven't really tested HDF4 files much with Xarray, but it would be nice to support them.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,928381010 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5515#issuecomment-866968227,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5515,866968227,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDg2Njk2ODIyNw==,1217238,2021-06-23T16:03:58Z,2021-06-23T16:03:58Z,MEMBER,could you kindly share the full error traceback?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,928381010