If you're familiar with the command line, then the commands
h5ls -r myfile.h5 | less
h5dump myfile.h5 | less
will get you started. Otherwise, I am a big fan of using h5py [0] from python 
for post-processing and plotting. I also know that Matlab [1] supports hdf5 
files with a simple interface.

If you're not sure whether the file is a (not corrupt) hdf5 file, you can try
file myfile.h5
If it doesn't say this, then your file is broken:
myfile.h5: Hierarchical Data Format (version 5) data

I'm not familiar with any of the software packages you mentioned, so I can't 
comment on those.

Paul

[0] http://alfven.org/wp/hdf5-for-python/
[1] http://www.mathworks.se/help/techdoc/ref/h5read.html

Example for h5py:
~ % ipython                                                                    
In [1]: import h5py

In [2]: ff = h5py.File('./K1VHR_01JAN2010_0000_L02_BRT.h5', 'r')

In [3]: ff.keys()
Out[3]: [u'BRT', u'PRODUCT_INFORMATION', u'PRODUCT_METADATA']

In [4]: data = ff['BRT/BRT_Dataset'][:]

In [5]: data.shape
Out[5]: (1400, 1400)

In [6]: data[0, 0]
Out[6]: 1e+08

In [7]: data[:2, :2]
Out[7]: 
array([[  1.00000000e+08,   1.00000000e+08],
       [  1.00000000e+08,   1.00000000e+08]], dtype=float32)

On 27. mars 2012, at 07:34, Bhavini Solanki wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to read data which is in .h5 format. I've tried to open it using 
> softwares like Grads, Envi, Ferret etc. but none of them could open it. can 
> you please help me to read this data???
> an example file is attached herewith for your reference.
> 
> 
> Thanks & Regards, 
> 
> Bhavini Solanki 
> Indian Center for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR) 
> Navrangpura, 
> Ahmedabad 380 009, 
> Gujarat, 
> India 
> Alternate E-mail: [email protected] 
> [email protected] 
> 
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