grads: creating the control file with grib2ctl.pl

[Francis P A]

Hi,
use -verf option with grib2ctl
francis

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Oliver König wrote:

> Hello,
> I downloaded the gribfile gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf2. I want to
> use the file to display meteorological data in grads. Here is what I did:
>
> oliver at blizzard:~$ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/grads/bin
> oliver at blizzard:~$ export GADDIR=/opt/grads/data
> oliver at blizzard:~$ /opt/grads/bin/grib2ctl.pl gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf21 > gfs.ctl
> Undefined parameter table (center 7-0 table 129), using NCEP-opn
> oliver at blizzard:~$ gribmap -i gfs.ctl
> gribmap:  Scanning binary GRIB file(s):
> gribmap:  Opening GRIB file gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf21
> gribmap:  Reached EOF
> gribmap:  Writing the map...
>
> oliver at blizzard:~$ gradshdf
> Landscape mode? (no for portrait):  y
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
> ga-> open gfs.ctl
> Scanning description file:  gfs.ctl
> Data file gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf12 is open as file 1
> LON set to 0 360
> LAT set to -89.761 89.761
> LEV set to 25800 25800
> Time values set: 2005:7:23:0 2005:7:23:0
> ga-> d UGRD10m
> Cannot contour grid - all undefined values
>
> Is this due to an error when creating the gfs.ctl file? How can I fix the
> problem?
>
> Best regards,
>

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