Problem in Grib data reading as template option

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Pankaj

concatenate all your grib files into one and then run your grib2ctl.pl this
will give you a ctl file from which you then can produce an idx file to
cover all your data

Rod+

At 17:27 25/04/2007 +0530, you wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I am using grib2ctl.pl script to deal with grib data in grads. I've
>created several .idx and .ctl archieves from my grib data files. Then,
>I would like to deal with all those .ctl files using just one .ctl file.
>As I know, I cannot use templet options for idx file??
>When I am using grib file as template option and puting any idx file inside it
>the ctl file is opening in GrADS but ploting only undefine values.
>
>How should I fix this problem
>
>
>my .ctl file with templates starts as
>
>************************************************************************
>dset /home/pankaj/RSM/data/r_pgb.pp%y4%im2%id2
>index /home/pankaj/RSM/idx/r_pgb.pp19870930.idx
>undef 9.999E+20
>title r_pgb.pp19870430
>options template
>*  produced by grib2ctl v0.9.12.5p33j
>dtype grib 255
>ydef 242 levels
>-20.8460  -20.5885  -20.3305  -20.0722  -19.8134  -19.5541  -19.2945
>-19.0344  -18.7740  -18.5131  -18.2518  -17.9902  -17.7281  -17.4657
>-17.2029  -16.9397  -16.6761  -16.4122  -16.1479  -15.8833  -15.6183
>-15.3530  -15.0874  -14.8214  -14.5550  -14.2884  -14.0215  -13.7542
>-13.4866  -13.2187  -12.9506  -12.6821  -12.4134  -12.1444  -11.8751
>-11.6055  -11.3357  -11.0656  -10.7953  -10.5247  -10.2539   -9.9829
>  -9.7117   -9.4402   -9.1685   -8.8966   -8.6245   -8.3522   -8.0797
>  -7.8070   -7.5342   -7.2611   -6.9879   -6.7146   -6.4411   -6.1674
>  -5.8937   -5.6197   -5.3457   -5.0715   -4.7972   -4.5228   -4.2483
>  -3.9737   -3.6990   -3.4242   -3.1493   -2.8744   -2.5994   -2.3243
>  -2.0492   -1.7741   -1.4989   -1.2236   -0.9484   -0.6731   -0.3978
>  -0.1225    0.1529    0.4282    0.7035    0.9788    1.2540    1.5293
>   1.8045    2.0796    2.3547    2.6298    2.9048    3.1797    3.4546
>   3.7293    4.0040    4.2786    4.5531    4.8275    5.1018    5.3760
>   5.6500    5.9239    6.1977    6.4713    6.7448    7.0181    7.2913
>   7.5643    7.8371    8.1098    8.3823    8.6545    8.9266    9.1985
>   9.4702    9.7416   10.0129   10.2839   10.5546   10.8252   11.0955
>  11.3655   11.6353   11.9048   12.1741   12.4431   12.7118   12.9802
>  13.2483   13.5162   13.7837   14.0510   14.3179   14.5845   14.8508
>  15.1167   15.3823   15.6476   15.9126   16.1772   16.4414   16.7053
>  16.9688   17.2319   17.4947   17.7571   18.0191   18.2807   18.5419
>  18.8028   19.0632   19.3232   19.5828   19.8420   20.1007   20.3591
>  20.6170   20.8744   21.1314   21.3880   21.6442   21.8998   22.1550
>  22.4098   22.6641   22.9179   23.1713   23.4241   23.6765   23.9284
>  24.1798   24.4307   24.6811   24.9311   25.1805   25.4294   25.6777
>  25.9256   26.1730   26.4198   26.6661   26.9118   27.1571   27.4018
>  27.6459   27.8895   28.1326   28.3751   28.6171   28.8585   29.0993
>  29.3396   29.5793   29.8185   30.0571   30.2951   30.5325   30.7693
>  31.0056   31.2413   31.4764   31.7109   31.9448   32.1781   32.4109
>  32.6430   32.8745   33.1055   33.3358   33.5655   33.7946   34.0231
>  34.2510   34.4782   34.7049   34.9309   35.1563   35.3811   35.6052
>  35.8288   36.0517   36.2739   36.4956   36.7166   36.9370   37.1567
>  37.3758   37.5943   37.8121   38.0293   38.2458   38.4617   38.6770
>  38.8916   39.1056   39.3189   39.5316   39.7436   39.9549   40.1657
>  40.3757   40.5851   40.7939   41.0020
>xdef 309 linear 37.739000 0.275314935064935
>tdef 671 linear 00Z16apr1987 6hr
>zdef 17 levels
>1000 925 850 700 600 500 400 300 250 200 150 100 70 50 30 20 10
>vars 5
>no4LFTXsfc  0 132,1,0  ** surface Best (4-layer) lifted index [K]
>no5WAVAsfc  0 230,1,0  ** surface 5-wave geopot. height anomaly [gpm]
>ABSVprs 17 41,100,0 ** Absolute vorticity [/s]
>ALBDOsfc  0 84,1,0  ** surface Albedo [%]
>BGRUNsfc  0 234,1,0  ** surface Baseflow-groundwater runoff [kg/m^2]
>ENDVARS
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>
>Pankaj Kumar ...:)
>
>
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