Variable name too long

[Diane Stokes]

In a descriptor file you can provide an "alias" variable name that
follows grads rules.  Look for:
   SDF_varname=>grads_varname
in:
   http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html#VARS

For example, your VARS section of your descriptor file might be:

VARS 4
zonal_wind_speed=>zspeed
meridional_wind_speed=>mspeed
zonal_wind_stress=>zstress
meridional_wind_stress=>mstress
ENDVARS

And then in grads, to display zonal_wind_speed, you'd say:
    d zspeed

    Diane


msaavedra wrote:
> hi all:
>
> I want to read some variables of a file netcdf,
> but I obtain the error.
>
>
>
>  Variable name too long - 1st 16 chars are: meridional_wind_stress
>
>
>
> ( the variables that I want to read are ;
>  zonal_wind_speed
>  meridional_wind_speed
>  zonal_wind_stress
>  meridional_wind_stress  )
>
>
> as I can make to read that?
>
> thanks
>

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Diane Stokes
Environmental Modeling Center
National Weather Service/NOAA