How to merge two hdf5 files?

Let's say I have a hdf5 file of month January and another one representing month February's characteristics. I need to merge the two files into one. I am attaching 2 sample files here on drive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/152VqAUIMZG_JLbUkuqxD3D7xi5v0sf_e?usp=drive_link

Thanks,

Bhakti

Answer 1

[Tejas]

Hello Bhakti,

Based on my understanding, there are two primary methods for merging .HDF5 files:

Using HDF5 Tools: Tools such as ‘h5merge’ and ‘h5math’ are available for command-line use to merge .HDF5 files. Below is a MATLAB Answers link which includes references to these tools: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/161497 .

Merging HDF5 in MATLAB: This method involves several steps

• Load the .HDF5 files into MATLAB.
• Extract the data you wish to merge into a MATLAB variable.
• Utilize ‘h5create’ to create a new .HDF5 file and ‘h5write’ to write data into it.
• For detailed instructions and code examples, here is a link to a MATLAB Answer that outlines this process: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1691360.
• In this answer, the 'Deflate' property is utilized with ‘h5create’ to compress the .HDF5 file. Simply omit this property, the remaining code will effectively merge the .HDF5 files.

Hope it helps!