grads: creating the control file with grib2ctl.pl

[Oliver König]

Hello Fancis,
I still get the error message when creating the ctl- file but I can display
the grib data in grads. Many thanks!

Regards,
Oliver

On Monday 01 August 2005 17:29, Francis P A wrote:
> 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 c
> > ontour 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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> Indian Institute of Science
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