binary raster files in GrADS

[M.Mahakur]

Dear Dr. Dan,

I tried to pull the following small  tarball and since it is a ONLY ONE
band BIL I feel it could be display using GrADS.

ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02158/SNODAS_20070722.tar

Looking at the Header I tried.  Please see the attached ctl and  image
file. It is a 16 bit raster image but I feel the valid data is max 581
(within 10 bits) kg per sqr m. I did not understand what is meant ny
axis offset, so just ignored!

Regards,

Mahakur

Dan Leins wrote:

> All,
>
> I am trying to download and view a gridded dataset of 24hr snowfall
> from NOAA/NOHRSC using GrADS. So far, I've downloaded the dataset in
> question, un-tarred it and briefly read through some information about
> the data type.  It would appear to contain 2 files, one a text header
> and the other a binary raster file.  Does anyone know if GrADS will
> accept this as a data type, and if not, how to convert it to something
> a little more "GrADS-friendly"?  I've worked with binary files in the
> past so I'm aware that GrADS can use binary files so long as there is
> a control file specified, however I wouldn't even know where to begin
> looking for or creating a control file from scratch.
>
> The data in question can be accessed here...
> http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/archived_data/instructions.html
>
> Thanks,
> Dan



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