Read XieArkin's precipitation data by ddf file

[Shailendra Rai]

Hi,
You can open the data file directly.
run gradsnc then sdfopen  XieArkin-1979-2002.nc.
I think this will open the data file
Shailendra Rai
KBCAOS,
University of Allahabad
Allahabad ( INDIA)


On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 Ji-Yun SEO wrote :
>Hi ^^ HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
>
>I've been trying to draw a XieArkin's precipitation data netcdf file.
>when i downloaded it there is a referencing page to read these data using
>a Grads .ddf file
>Unfortunately, i coulnd't read it properly although i followed the
>direction.
>this's my prec.ddf file
>
>DSET ^XieArkin-1979-2002.nc
>*UNDEF 1E36
>UNDEF -999.f
>XDEF lon 144 Linear 0.0 2.5
>YDEF lat 73 Linear -90. 2.5
>TDEF time 288 Linear Jan1979 1mo
>VARS 1
>PRC2 => prc2 1 99 Precipitation
>ENDVARS
>
>i did gradsnc ; sdfopen prec.ddf
>but this error message comes out
>
>scanning self-describing file:  prec.ddf
>prec.ddf does not exist or is not a netCDF file.
>
>Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
>If this was an HDF-SDS file, try gradshdf.
>
>please help me
>i would be grateful if i get any advice from you guys!!!
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