title: Convert NetCDF file to CSV or text using Python
body: <p>I'm trying to convert a netCDF file to either a CSV or text file using Python. I have read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28420988/how-to-read-netcdf-file-and-write-to-csv-using-python/28430599#28430599">this post</a> but I am still missing a step (I'm new to Python). It's a dataset including latitude, longitude, time and precipitation data. </p>
  
  <p>This is my code so far:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import netCDF4
  import pandas as pd
  
  precip_nc_file = 'file_path'
  nc = netCDF4.Dataset(precip_nc_file, mode='r')
  
  nc.variables.keys()
  
  lat = nc.variables['lat'][:]
  lon = nc.variables['lon'][:]
  time_var = nc.variables['time']
  dtime = netCDF4.num2date(time_var[:],time_var.units)
  precip = nc.variables['precip'][:]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am not sure how to proceed from here, though I understand it's a matter of creating a dataframe with pandas.</p>