Something like this should do it. See the docs and/or ask for anything you do not understand.
#! perl -slw
use strict;
my @grid;
open my $fh, '<:raw', 'the file' or die $!;
while( 1 ) {
my( $recSize, $dummy, $record );
sysread( $fh, $recSize, 4 )
or last;
$recSize = unpack 'N', $recSize; ##(*)
sysread( $fh, $record, $recSize ) == $recSize
or die "truncated record";
sysread( $fh, $dummy, 4 ) == 4
and unpack( 'N', $dummy ) == $recSize ##(*)
or die "missing or invalid trailer";
## (*) You may need V depending upon which platform your file was
+created on
push @grid, [ unpack 'N*', $record ];
}
close $fh;
## @grid should now contain your data
## Addressable in the usual $grid[ X ][ Y ] manner.
## Though it might be $array[ Y ][ X ]
## I forget which order FORTRAN writes arrays in?
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