HDF file reading

[Jennifer Adams]

Here's a descriptor file for TRMM 3B42 data:

dset ^data/%y4/3B42.%y2%m2%d2.%h1.6.HDF
title 3-Hour TRMM (and other satellite) Precipitation Estimates
dtype hdfsds
options template
undef -9999.9
xdef 1440 linear -179.875 0.25
ydef 400  linear -49.875 0.25
zdef 1 linear 1 1
tdef 28968 linear 00z1jan1998 3hr
vars 2
precipitation=>p   1 z,x,y precipitation [mm/hr]
relativeError=>err 1 z,x,y relative error
endvars
@ global String Source ftp://disc2.nascom.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/TRMM_L3/
TRMM_3B42/
@ p String units mm/hr
@ err String units mm/hr



On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Dr. Parathasarathi Mukhopadhyay wrote:

> Hi All,
> Can any one suggest how to convert HDF files (e. g. TRMM rain) in
> to binary files (in
> linux platform)?
> The GrADS utility sdfopen is not working. It gives an error "SDF
> file has no discernible
> X coordinate". Any clue to fix this!
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Sincerely
> Partha
> -------------------------
>
> Dr. P. Mukhopadhyay
> Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
> Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
> Pashan
> Pune-411008
> INDIA
>
> Email:mpartha at tropmet.res.in
>       mpartha_in at yahoo.com
> ----------------------

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



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