How to convert netcdf to ascii

[volz]

T is correct. The ncdump command is part of the tools for netcdf. ncdump is included as
part of the typical install of NetCDF, as I recall.

You will need to install the NetCDF package for your architecture and OS. Try Unidata
for more info.

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/index.html

Good luck,
--
Karl Volz


On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:38:18 +1000, Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote
> ncdump doesn't come from Grads. It comes from a suite of tools made
> available by Unidata, and may have to be compiled and installed
> separately. I'm not a grads expert, so maybe grads does leverage off
> those tools or something, but they are certainly available independently
> also.
>
> Cheers,
> -T
>
> > Hi,
> > I have tried to convert netcdf files to the ASCII using following
> > command:
> >
> > ncdump input.nc > output.txt
> >
> > where input.nc is my netcdf input file and output.txt would be the
> > output ASCII file.
> > This command does not work. It only gives the [WINDOWS-1252?]“Unknown command:
[WINDOWS-1252?]ncdump”
> > -message. I have also tried it by writing a simple script test.gs:
> >
> > [WINDOWS-1252?]‘sdfopen [WINDOWS-1252?]input.nc’
> > [WINDOWS-1252?]‘ncdump input.nc > [WINDOWS-1252?]output.txt’
> >
> > and then used a command:
> >
> > run test
> >
> > The same error message comes from that. I.e., sdfopen command works but
> > the command ncdump [WINDOWS-1252?]doesn’t. I am using Grads version 1.8SL11 and I have
> > always opened gradsnc with a command
> >
> > ga [WINDOWS-1252?]–l
> >
> > As I am new with Grads I may not know all (even simplest) things what
> > should be done, i.e., is there some settings or other, which should be
> > done before using that command, or could the reason be that the command
> > ncdump [WINDOWS-1252?]doesn’t work in the version I am using.
> >
> > Can anybody help me with this problem, please?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Mari Kauhaniemi