QGIS Mesh Calculator output file (.dat)

Question

I want to understand Mesh Calculator in QGIS 3.8.3 to make calculation between two variables of a NetCDF file. Each of these variables has [lon, lat, time] dimensions. The calculation is done smoothly (which is (削除) suspiciously (削除ここまで) amazingly quick) and produces a binary file with (.dat) extension.

This dat file is probably meant for hydrodynamic modelling software but I cannot access them.

Is there a way to read this dat file by QGIS, or convert it to other formats for further analysis?

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[Edit] ... Poor choice of word. As commented by Gabriel De Luca, it works lightning fast.

• Peter Petrik: From QGIS 3.12 you are able to choose the output driver/format in the mesh calculator for your results

Answer 1

You can add it as a new dataset in the source layer through the Assign Extra Dataset to Mesh button, in the Source tab of the layer properties.

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The Dataset will be added to the layer, but not saved in the layer file. It remains as a group of data in a separate file.

This test was made with a grib file. The algebra was just a weather condition.

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• Kazuhito: Thanks @Gabriel De Luca ! That works (=^ ^=)...... (Sorry for this late reply. I had been struggling to export them in one nc file then... and given up finally).
• Gabriel De Luca: You`re welcome, @Kazuhito! Review the temporary information. My original data has a 3 hour step and it seems that this information was lost in algebra. Or maybe I made a mistake, it was a test. And I was also surprised how quickly the operation was performed!