problem with grib2ctl

Davide Sacchetti davide.sacchetti at ARPAL.ORG
Fri Sep 23 05:52:23 EDT 2005


try to use gribmap -e
or gribmap -E
hoping it helps
davide

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 11:30 +0200, mario frangipane wrote:
> Dear Wesley,
> I wanted to spcecify that the "grib2ctl" script indicates the error
> "undefined parameter table (center 98-0 table 162), using NECP-opn",
> but it creates however the ".ctl" file.
> But the "gribmap" command it does not write the ".grib.idx" file.
> The output of "gribmap" is: "GRIB file format error, rc=53".
> For this I do not succeed to read the file with GrADS.
> Thanks,
>
>       Mario
>
>
>
>
> Wesley Ebisuzaki <wesley.ebisuzaki at NOAA.GOV> ha scritto:
>         Mario,
>
>         ECMWF grib table 162 has not been added to wgrib as indicated
>         by the
>         error message. The ECMWF web
>         site has the table but it doesn't include names. If someone
>         has the
>         table with (semi-)official names in the
>         suggested format, I'll be happy to update the wgrib source
>         code.
>
>         For the time being, the control file probably works. You just
>         have
>         to remember to
>         "d albedo" to see the divergence.
>
>         Wesley Ebisuzaki
>
>
>         suggested format: ascii text file,
>         parameter-number:name:description
>         [units]
>
>         0:name:comment
>         1:name:comment
>         ...
>         255:name:comment
>
>
>
>
>         mario frangipane wrote:
>
>         > I do not succeed to transform some ".grib" file (reanalysis
>         data,
>         > downloaded by ECMWF site) for GrADS.
>         > For example, for vertical vapor flux divergence (0.5 x 0.5
>         grid,
>         > reanalysis), the "wgrib" command f inds ALBEDO (not
>         divergence!), and
>         > the output of "grib2ctl" is:
>         > "undefined parameter table (center 98-0 table 162), using
>         NECP-opn".
>         > Therefore, the ".ctl" file is not corrected, and I cannot
>         create the
>         > ".grib.idx" file.
>         > Someone can help me?
>         > Thanks,
>         > Mario
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
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