sudo port install gdal +netcdf
(gdal compiled with GMT support is needed)
gdal_translate -of GMT $IN $OUT
####gdal re-projeciton problem with Polar Stereographic projections http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2013-April/036060.html
workaround:
Provide full proj4 string for gdalwarp: (extracted from gdalsrsinfo
)
gdalwarp -multi -t_srs '+proj=stere +lat_0=-90 +lat_ts=-71 +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs ' $IN $OUT