also problem: grid undefined

bhatt vihang vihang_75 at YAHOO.COM
Tue Feb 21 06:51:34 EST 2006


dear thomas,

this is for a perticular year or every time you face
the problem. i suppose you have not downloaded the
file correctly. try netcdf file.

regards,

vihang bhatt

--- Thomas Spengler <thomas.spengler at ENV.ETHZ.CH>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am experiencing very similar problems as Marco.
>
> I would like to plot a ECMWF forecast with GrADS,
> but once the forecast
> step of the file is larger than 9 hours, i.e.
> two-digit, I get the same
> GrADS message like Marco.
>
> Entire Grid undefined
>
> For steps smaller than 10 hours GrADS works fine!
>
> I proceed as follows:
> grib2ctl.pl file.grib > file.ctl
> which produces the corresponding control file to my
> grib file
> and then:
> gribmap -e -i file.ctl
> which writes out:
> gribmap:  Scanning binary GRIB file(s):
> gribmap:  Opening GRIB file file.grib
> gribmap:  Reached EOF
> gribmap:  Writing the map...
> which produces file.idx.
>
> But I still get an entirely undefined grid when
> trying to plot the
> variables.
>
> Would be great if you could help me out here.
>
> Thanks so much in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>


Vihang Bhatt
Project Scientist
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi
Hauz Khas
New Delhi
web: http://www.geocities.com/vihang_75/index.html

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