# xhycom

**xhycom** reads HYCOM model output in the native `.a/.b` binary format directly into [xarray](https://docs.xarray.dev) Datasets — no conversion to NetCDF required.

It is inspired by [xmitgcm](https://xmitgcm.readthedocs.io), which does the same thing for MITgcm output.

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1
:caption: Contents

why-xarray
why-xhycom
installation
quickstart.ipynb
lazy-loading.ipynb
analysis.ipynb
regridding.ipynb
time-averaging.ipynb
big-computations.ipynb
api
contributing
```