GrADS on Windows Vista

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Alfredo Moreira Caseiro Rocha
<alfredo.rocha at ua.pt> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 1. When I run 'open' on GrADS the error message is:
>
> Unknwon key word in description file
> --> The invalid description file record is:
> --> CDF
> --> The data file was not opened
>
> 2. When I run 'sdfopen' the error message is the one on the attached file.
>
> 3. GrADS runs well with the bundled 'nc' files (model and aero).
>
> My WRF files have been generated on a 64bit pc with linux. Should this be
> the problem? However, I can convert these files to 'vdf' VAPOR files on my
> 32bit laptop.
>

Are you sure that your netcdf is coards compliant? The error message
suggests that it is not. Perhaps other WRF users in this list can give
you some guidance.

   Arlindo.



>
> Alfredo
>
> Em Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:49:45 -0500
>  Arlindo da Silva <arlindo.dasilva at GMAIL.COM> escreveu:
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Alfredo Rocha <arocha at fis.ua.pt> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've installed the Win32 superpack on my laptop with Vista but can´t open
>>> any netcfd file. GrADS comes up with the following error:
>>>
>>> Unknwon key word in description file
>>> --> The invalid description file record is:
>>> --> CDF
>>> --> The data file was not opened
>>>
>>
>> You are not trying to use "open" directly on a netcdf file, are you?
>>
>>> Strange, since I could tun without problems the same file using the
>>> bundled 'ncdump' program.
>>>
>>
>> Please send exactly the command you are running. Better yet, I bundle
>> a couple of sample files in. Try this:
>>
>> ga-> sdfopen ../data/model.nc
>> ga-> d ts
>>
>> and send me the output if that does not work.
>>
>>   Arlindo
>>
>>
>> --
>> Arlindo da Silva
>> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
>
>



-- 
Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu
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