problem with station data

[Ben-Jei Tsuang]

Dear Arlindo:

I have a utility stngrads. It convert ascii data to GrADS station binary
format. Please see
:
http:/140.120.30.2/~bjtsuang/grads/

and looking for stngrads for details. After download the source code and
type "make" to compile the source code.

Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arlindo Meque" <mequitomz at YAHOO.COM.BR>
To: <GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:47 AM
Subject: problem with station data


> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to read station data:
>
> 1. I used a FORTRAN program to write a binary file
> containing the data.
>
>
> 2. After creating a binary file containing my station
> data, i  wrote a station
> data descriptor file .
>
> 3. Once the station data set has been created and the
> descriptor file has been written,
> as  final step i tryed to create the station map file
> by running the stnmap utility.
>
> 4. When i run the stnmap utility i get the following
> error message:
>
> [meque at climat saws1]$ stnmap -i rain_19602004.ctl
>  Name of binary data set: rain_19602004.dat
>  Number of times in the data set: 540
>  Number of surface variables: 1
>  Number of level dependent variables: 0
>
> Starting scan of station data binary file.
> Binary data file open: rain_19602004.dat
> Processing time = 1
>  Invalid station hdr found in station binary file
>  Possible causes:  Invalid level count in hdr
>                    Descriptor file mismatch
>                    File not station data
>                    Invalid relative time
>    levs = 0  flag = 1  time = -34.75
> [meque at climat saws1]$
>
>
> 5. I attached the descriptor file.
>
>
> 6. How can i solve it?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Arlindo
>
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