SCI-WMS: A Python WMS service for geospatial gridded data (Only triangular unstructured meshes and logically rectangular grids officially supported at this time)
import netCDF4
from sciwms.util import cf
url = 'http://comt.sura.org/thredds/dodsC/data/comt_1_archive/inundation_tropical/UND_ADCIRC/Hurricane_Ike_2D_final_run_with_waves'
nc = netCDF4.Dataset(url,'r')
# get by CF compliant standard_name
v = cf.get_by_standard_name(nc,'sea_surface_height_above_geoid')
print v
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