Reading NetCDF

[Arlindo Meque]

 hi,

when i type grads -p   a have:

Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version
1.8SL7
Copyright (c) 1988-2001 by Brian Doty
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
Institute for Global Environment and Society
All Rights Reserved

Config: v1.8SL7 32-bit little-endian readline sdf/xdf
netcdf  DODS-enabled lats athena printim

Issue 'q config' command for more information.

GX Package Initialization: Size = 8.5 11


after typing q config i have :

BUILDINFO

This version of GrADS has been configured with the
following options:

   o This is a 32-bit LITTLE ENDIAN machine version.
   o Command line editing (readline) ENABLED.
   o CIRES/CDC (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov) SDF/XDF
interface ENABLED.
     Use sdfopen or xdfopen to read NetCDF files; this
version is NOT
     configured to read HDF-SDS files.
   o URI DODS interface ENABLED.
(http://unidata.ucar.edu)
     This version is configured to access DODS servers
over the network,
     via the sdfopen or xdfopen commands.
   o PCMDI (http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov) LATS interface
ENABLED.
     This version is configured to write GRIB and
NetCDF files.
   o DAO (http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov) Athena Widget GUI
ENABLED.
   o NRL/DAO/PCMDI XA or ImageMagick Image Output
DISABLED.
   o printim command for direct png/gif output
ENABLED.
     (via the GD Library -- http://www.boutell.com/gd)



When  try to open a NetCDF file an error message
appears:



ga-> sdfopen ATM200302_200311AVG.nc
Scanning self-describing file:  ATM200302_200311AVG.nc
udunits(3): Couldn't open units database
"/usr/doty/hoopstuff/udunits-1.11.7/etc/udunits.dat":
No such file or directory
UDUNITS package initialization failure.




Can you tell me more clearly how can i run the gradsnc
file ?


Cheers!

Arlindo

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Arlindo Oliva Meque
National Institute of Meteorology
Environmental Research and Modeling Center (CPMA)
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