xdfopen... again!!

[Don Hooper]

Marco Jusevicius,

Why does your variable record (between "VARS" and "ENDVARS") say that
the data variable has 24 levels?

-Hoop
> From owner-gradsusr at LIST.CINECA.IT  Mon Jul 17 15:25:34 2006
> From: Marco Jusevicius <marco at SIMEPAR.BR>
>
> Hi everybody.
>
> I'm trying to open an hdf file using xdfopen.
> I've tried to follow the instructions but it doesn't works.
> The results were:
>
> gradshdf
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 1.8SL11
> Copyright (c) 1988-2001 by Brian Doty
> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
> Institute for Global Environment and Society
> All Rights Reserved
> Config: v1.8SL11 32-bit little-endian readline sdf/xdf hdf-sds lats
> printim
> Issue 'q config' command for more information.
> Landscape mode? (no for portrait):
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
> ga-> xdfopen le_LRDC.ctl
> Scanning Descriptor File:  le_LRDC.ctl
> udunits(3): syntax error:
> -
>  ^
> udunits(3): syntax error:
> -
>  ^
> Alleged time dimension (from TDEF) is not an SDF dimension.  Cannot continue.
> Time dimension name is:
> Local_Hour
> .
> Data file /home/marco/lis/dados/LISOTD_LRDC_v1.0.hdf was not successfully
> opened & parsed
>
> My ctl file :
>
> DSET ^/home/marco/lis/dados/LISOTD_LRDC_v1.0.hdf
> TITLE Teste de leitura de hdf
> XDEF Longitude 144 LINEAR -178.75 2.5
> YDEF Latitude 72 LINEAR -88.75 2.5
> TDEF Local_Hour 24 LINEAR 00Z01JAN1996 1hr
> vars 1
> LRDC_COM_FR=>flrt   24 99 Combined Flash Rate Climatology
> endvars
>
> The result of hdf ncdump applied to the hdf file :
>
> netcdf LISOTD_LRDC_v1.0 {
> dimensions:
>         Latitude = 72 ;
>         Longitude = 144 ;
>         Local_Hour = 24 ;
>         DE_By_Threshold = 3 ;
>         DE_Local_Hour = 24 ;
>         DE_Latitude = 72 ;
>         DE_Longitude = 144 ;
>
> variables:
>         float LRDC_COM_FR(Latitude, Longitude, Local_Hour) ;
>                 LRDC_COM_FR:valid_range = 0.f, 0.023581842f ;
>                 LRDC_COM_FR:long_name = "Combined Flash Rate Climatology" ;
>                 LRDC_COM_FR:units = "Flashes/km^2/hour" ;
>                 LRDC_COM_FR:_FillValue = 0.f ;
>
> .....
> data:
>
>  Local_Hour = 0.5 , 1.5 , 2.5 , 3.5 , 4.5 , 5.5 , 6.5 , 7.5 , 8.5 , 9.5 ,
>     10.5 , 11.5 , 12.5 , 13.5 , 14.5 , 15.5 , 16.5 , 17.5 , 18.5 , 19.5 ,
>     20.5 , 21.5 , 22.5 , 23.5  ;
>
> Any ideas about these problems?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Marco Jusevicius
> SIMEPAR - Brazil