Opendap_tools_no_loaddap matlab scripts to be used only with matlab >= 2012a To use these tools, a test on matlab version has to be satisfied : --> ~verLessThan('matlab','7.14') These scripts reproduce the old Opendap_tools behavior but they use built-in support for OPeNDAP from Matlab >= 2012a see: http://www.opendap.org/user/jimg/blog/matlab_2012a You do not need to install libdap and loaddap library. Note that you can also access to local data. getdap.m : Download a data subsets from an OPENDAP server (or local data). readattribute.m : Get the attribute of an OPENDAP dataset (or local data). readdap.m : Reproduce the loaddods behavior; retry (100 times) in case of network failure. Serena Illig 2015/11/30