# netCDF to IO/API conversion **URL:** \ **Category:** I/O API\ **Created:** [October 30, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/netcdf-to-io-api-conversion/374 "2018-10-30T15:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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This is a duplicate posting. Please do not duplicate the ticket unless it is necessary. > [@Processing RCP emissions in SMOKE](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/processing-rcp-emissions-in-smoke/140/15): > > Hi, The specifics of what needs to be done depend upon what is in the CSV file. The easiest way starts with a pre-existing IO/API file, but that isn’t strictly necessary. The code below is just something a colleague threw together very quickly – it is probably not complete but it should be close: – START PYTHON CODE import pandas as pd import PseudoNetCDF as pnc pathtoexistingemisfile = ‘/path/to/ioapi.nc’ outpath = ‘test.nc’ pathtocsv = ‘/path/to/RCP.csv’ read and copy an existing file i… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/netcdf-to-io-api-conversion/374)._