Could not open NetCDF file

[Jennifer M. Adams]

On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:49 PM, Sachin Ghude wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to open the NetCDF file TORM2000 via a data descriptor
> file TOR.ctl.
>
> when I run TOR.ctl in NC GRADS, it successfuly open the file and
> displys the message as
>
> Scanning Descriptor File:  G:sachin\data\tor.ctl
> Found displayable variable tor with 1 levels in SDF file.
> Data file G:\sachin\Data\TORM2000.nc is open as file 1
> LON set to 0 360
> LAT set to -49.5 49.5
> LEV set to 0 0
> Time values set: 2000:1:1:0 2000:1:1:0
>
> but when I try to disply the variable tor using "d tor" command a
> message comes
> as "GradsNC.dll has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We
> are sorry for the
> inconvenience."

What a friendly message to get before a coredump. Try changing your
variable declaration:

from
TOR=>tor 1 99 Tropospheric Ozone Residual
to
TOR=>tor 0 99 Tropospheric Ozone Residual

and see if that helps.
You're telling GrADS that the variable TOR has a Z dimension, when in
fact it doesn't.

Jennifer

>
> I have attached both the file TORM2000.nc and TOR.ctl with this
> mail...
>
> Would you please advice how I can deal with this problem. I am
> wsing Windows XP
> operating system.
>
> sachin
>
> <TORM2000.nc>
> <TOR.ctl>

Jennifer M. Adams
IGES/COLA
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Beltsville, MD 20705
jma at cola.iges.org



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