Introduction to modern fortran for earth system sciences

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This work serves as a concise "getting started" guide to Fortran 90/95, targeting newcomers in numerical computation within Earth system sciences, including students, researchers, and scientific programmers. It also benefits readers familiar with other programming languages by illustrating how their techniques translate to Fortran 95. The primary aim is to help readers quickly begin writing practical programs in Fortran 95. The guide introduces Input/Output facilities relevant to Earth system sciences, progressing from basic options to the more advanced netCDF library, a standard for managing extensive datasets in the field. Unlike other works that treat these topics separately and often overwhelm beginners with excessive information, this book offers a streamlined approach that connects them. It presents a compact view of the language and emphasizes applied examples related to numerical computing and advanced Input/Output facilities. While the coverage of the programming language is relatively shallow, omitting many details, it allows practitioners to gradually learn these aspects after gaining an overview and some hands-on experience with the language through this guide.