sdfwrite [was: Re: command in GrADS 2.0.a5.oga.5]

[Mike Bosilovich]

ncks is a unix command, so you need the   !   infront, like !cp

Also, you need to make sure that ncks is installed and in the $path.

Good Luck!

Mike

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Farshid Daryabor
<fdaryabor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike
> Tanks so much for your replay but when I use 'ncks' I face to following
> masage.
> Could you please guide me.
> ga-> open /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/V.ctl
> Scanning description file:Â  /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/V.ctl
> Data file /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/v.dat is open as file 2
> ga-> q file 2
> File 2 : evaporation mines prescription
> Â  Descriptor: /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/V.ctl
> Â  Binary: /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/v.dat
> Â  Type = Gridded
> Â  Xsize = 360Â  Ysize = 180Â  Zsize = 1Â  Tsize = 12Â  Esize = 1
> Â  Number of Variables = 1
>      v  0  1  v
> ga-> set lon 0 360
> LON set to 0 360
> ga-> set lat 180 359
> LAT set to 180 359
> ga-> set lev 0 0
> LEV set to 0 0
> ga-> set t 1 12
> Time values set: 1960:1:16:5 1960:12:16:5
> ga-> define uwind=u
> Define memory allocation size = 6238080 bytes
> ga-> define vwind=v.2
> Define memory allocation size = 6238080 bytes
> ga-> set sdfwrite /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/temp.nc
> SDFWrite file name = /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/temp.nc
> SDFWrite will replace an existing file
> ga-> sdfwrite uwind
> Wrote variable uwind to /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/temp.nc
> ga-> !cp /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/temp.nc
> /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/VAR.nc
> ga-> sdfwrite vwind
> Wrote variable vwind to /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/temp.nc
> ga-> ncks -A -h /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/temp.nc
> /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/VAR.nc
> Unknown command: ncks
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards for you
> F.Daryabor
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Mike Bosilovich
> <mike.bosilovich at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just had a similar question, and asked Jennifer offline. So, what to
>> do is to build a call to ncks into your script, and it can append data
>> onto a file. In my case I loop over many variables, so the file in
>> sdfwrite is temp.nc, then I use ncks to append to the actual output
>> file I want. I tried to add som script below that may work for you.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Farshid Daryabor
>> <fdaryabor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all
>> > I could use 'sdfwrite', now I want to input 2 variables  'u' and 'v' in
>> > one
>> > netcdf file.  I write a script for execute , after 'set sdfwrite
>> > /hom2/../VAR.nc' when I type 'sdfwrite' command which is 'sdfwrite uwind
>> > vwind.2' for writing 2 variables  in  netcdf file, it only gives me
>> > one of
>> > them not both. Please guide me.
>> >
>> >
>> > 'open /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/U.ctl'
>> > 'open /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/V.ctl'
>> > 'set lon 0 360'
>> > 'set lat 180 359'
>> > 'set lev 0 0'
>> > 'set t 1 last'
>> > 'set e 1 last'
>> > 'define uwind=u'
>> > 'define vwind=v.2'
>> > *'set sdfwrite /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/VAR.nc'
>>
>> 'set sdfwrite temp.nc'
>>
>> > *'sdfwrite uwind vwind.2'
>>
>> 'sdfwrite uwind'
>> '!cp temp.nc /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/VAR.nc'
>> 'sdfwrite vwind'
>> 'ncks -A -h temp.nc /home2/fdaryabor/Documents/VAR.nc'
>>
>>
>> If there's any looping involved, then the !cp will over write, so only
>> do that on the first iteration of the loop to initialize the file, and
>> append all the rest.  -A does the append, and -h  prevents a history
>> line in the netcdf metadata. I was looping over many vars, and this
>> history was getting too big.
>>
>> Hope this helps and have a great weekend!!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> >
>> > Best Regards
>> > F.Daryabor
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Farshid Daryabor
>> > <fdaryabor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Eric Altshuler
>> >> Thanks so much for your guide. I try download grads 2.0.a3.
>> >> Best Regards
>> >> F.Daryabor
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Eric Altshuler <ela at cola.iges.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello Farshid,
>> >>>
>> >>> sdfwrite is not a script. It's a built-in command, and you need grads
>> >>> 2.0.a3 or higher to use it. You mentioned that you use the grads
>> >>> executable
>> >>> 'gradsc'. This means you are using an old version of grads. Beginning
>> >>> with
>> >>> grads 2.0, the 'gradsc' executable does not exist anymore. There are
>> >>> only
>> >>> two grads executables, 'grads' and 'gradsdap'. Get the latest version
>> >>> of
>> >>> grads; the sdfwrite command will be available.
>> >>>
>> >>> Best regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Eric L. Altshuler
>> >>> Assistant Research Scientist
>> >>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
>> >>> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
>> >>> Calverton, MD 20705-3106
>> >>> USA
>> >>>
>> >>> E-mail: ela at cola.iges.org
>> >>> Phone: (301) 902-1257
>> >>> Fax: (301) 595-9793
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Farshid Daryabor" <fdaryabor at GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
>> >>> To: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:19:37 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>> >>> Eastern
>> >>> Subject: Re: command in GrADS 2.0.a5.oga.5
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi
>> >>> I try for downloading 'sdfwrite' script from "
>> >>> http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/library.html " but can't find it,
>> >>> because
>> >>> when I open 'my_data.ctl' in './gradsc' I face to following massage:
>> >>>
>> >>> ga-> open /home/Arya/fDaryabor/Roms_tools/Run/binary2netcdf.ctl
>> >>> Scanning description file:
>> >>> /home/Arya/fDaryabor/Roms_tools/Run/binary2netcdf.ctl
>> >>> Data file /home/Arya/fDaryabor/Roms_tools/Run/emp.dat is open as file
>> >>> 1
>> >>> LON set to 0 360
>> >>> LAT set to 180 359
>> >>> LEV set to 0 0
>> >>> Time values set: 1960:1:16:5 1960:1:16:5
>> >>> ga-> set lon 98 120
>> >>> LON set to 98 120
>> >>> ga-> set lat -10 20
>> >>> LAT set to -10 20
>> >>> ga-> set t 05z16jan1960 1mo
>> >>> Time values set: 1960:5:16:5 1960:1:16:5
>> >>> ga-> set sdfwrite /home/Arya/Desktop/EMP.nc
>> >>> SET error: Invalid operand
>> >>> Operand = sdfwrite /home/arya/desktop/ emp.nc
>> >>> I think must download "sdfwrite" script, please you help me, and give
>> >>> me
>> >>> straight address for find it.
>> >>> Best Regards
>> >>> F.Daryabor
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:03 PM, 王永立 < rust123 at yahoo.cn > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> hello,everyone
>> >>> what are the shortcut keys of the copy and paste command in GrADS
>> >>> 2.0.a5.oga.5,thank you in advance.the shfit+insert could not be used
>> >>> in the
>> >>> windows xp.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 发件人： hersala < hersala at GMAIL.COM >
>> >>> 收件人： GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
>> >>> 已发送： 2009/9/15(周二), �¸ 午12:32:44
>> >>> 主题： Re: GS files in GrADS 2.0.a5.oga.5
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Hyacinth:
>> >>> When I use my own scripts or from another person, I save them in the
>> >>> same
>> >>> folder from where the data is read by GrADS, that is win32 folder.
>> >>> I hope this help you.
>> >>> Bye,
>> >>> Hern�n
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 2009/9/13 Hyacinth Cyprain Nnamchi < hc.nnamchi at lasg.iap.ac.cn >
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Dear Colleagues,
>> >>>
>> >>> I am using GrADS 2.0.a5.oga.5 from the Opengrads download page (
>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/ ) on MS Windows.I
>> >>> notice
>> >>> that it does not recognise the in-built .gs files like cbar.gs ,
>> >>> cbarn.gs
>> >>> etc, although I have confirmed that they are in the "scripts" file.
>> >>>
>> >>> Does anyone know what could be wrong, where should I place the .gs
>> >>> files?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> hyacinth
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>> Hyacinth C. Nnamchi
>> >>> TWAS-CAS Fellow
>> >>> State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for
>> >>> Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG)
>> >>> Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP)
>> >>> Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
>> >>> P.O.Box 9804, Beijing 100029, China
>> >>> Tel: +86-13488719702
>> >>> Fax: +86-10-82995172
>> >>> E-mail:hc.nnamchi at lasg.iap.ac.cn
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>
>> >
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