Alternatives to cnvgrib for GRADS

[Wesley Ebisuzaki]

Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 09:57:04PM -0000, Brian Gaze wrote:
>
>> As compiling cnvgrib on Windows looks like a challenging task, are there any other options (or will there be before January 28th 2008) available for reading GRIBS2 files in GRADS running on a Windows platform?
>>
>
> In cygwin you should be able to build cnvgrib (I haven't tried, though).
>
> --
> Pat
>

I agree with Pat but I also haven't tried building it.

Until GrADS supports grib2, you can read grib2 files on windows/linux
machines by

    (1) degrib from MDL/NOAA will create GrADS data files as well as
netcdf files.
            http://www.weather.gov/mdl/NDFD_GRIB2Decoder/

   (2) wgrib2 will create netcdf files which can be opened by GrADS.
             note: only works with lat-lon or gaussian grids as Lambert
conformal and polar stereographic are
                     not supported by the COARDS convention.

              Wesley