MATLAB is not recognizing .h5 files; do I need a different version?

I've downloaded VIIRS satellite data from NOAA/CLASS in .h5 format and tried to import it into MATLAB but .h5 is not recognized. Is there another version I need (R2013a) or am I doing something wrong?

[Sean de Wolski]

Please post the command and the error message.

[per isakson]

The Matlab R2013a support of HDF5 is good. Try

    h5disp( filename )

What does it return?

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

Are you using h5read?

[David McDonald]

No, I was using the Import Data tab.

[Sean de Wolski]

Ah, it doesn't support hdf5. Use the h5read instead.

Answer 2

[Alaa Mhawish]

Matlab support hdf5 files , use this command to access AOD data.

 AOD_550 = h5read('GAERO-VAOOO_npp_d20150106_t1836417_e1842221_b16548_c20160724094859907194_noaa_ops.h5', '/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR_All/AerosolOpticalDepth_at_550nm');