[gradsusr] problem reading netcdf file

[Sara A. Rauscher]

Hi-
I am having trouble getting grads to read output from CAM. I am using 
grads version 2 -
Config: v2.0.a9 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds 
hdf5 opendap-grids,stn geotiff shapefile

When I open the file with sdfopen, it will not read the variable name. 
When I do "q file", grads doesn't read the variable name:
ga-> q file
File 1 :
   Descriptor: test.nc
   Binary: test.nc
   Type = Gridded
   Xsize = 144  Ysize = 96  Zsize = 1  Tsize = 1  Esize = 1
   Number of Variables = 1
        0  t,y,x  Sea level pressure

I've tried creating DDFs to use xdfopen but this doesn't work either.  
This is a really simple file (see ncdump below) and I can read it with 
ncview, NCL, etc.
thanks
sara


The ncdump of the netcdf file ("test.nc") looks like this
netcdf test {
dimensions:
     lat = 96 ;
     lon = 144 ;
     time = UNLIMITED ; // (1 currently)
variables:
     double lat(lat) ;
         lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
         lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
     double lon(lon) ;
         lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
         lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
     double time(time) ;
         time:long_name = "time" ;
         time:units = "days since 0001-07-01 00:00:00" ;
         time:calendar = "leap" ;
         time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;
     float PSL(time, lat, lon) ;
         PSL:units = "Pa" ;
         PSL:long_name = "Sea level pressure" ;
         PSL:cell_methods = "time: mean" ;

// global attributes:
         :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
         :source = "CAM" ;
         :case = "test1" ;
         :title =  ;
         :logname = "rauscher" ;
         :host = "nid04099" ;
         :Version = "$Name$" ;
         :revision_Id = "$Id$" ;
         :initial_file = "/global/homes/r/rauscher/cam_mpas/fv/test.nc" ;
         :topography_file = "bnd_topo" ;
         :history = "Wed Aug 31 10:28:36 2011: ncatted -a 
calendar,time,o,c,leap test.nc\n",
             "Wed Aug 31 10:28:17 2011: ncra -v PSL 
test1.cam2.h0.0002-01.nc test1.cam2.h0.0002-02.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0002-03.nc test1.cam2.h0.0002-04.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0002-05.nc test1.cam2.h0.0002-06.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0002-07.nc test1.cam2.h0.0002-08.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0002-09.nc test1.cam2.h0.0002-10.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0002-11.nc test1.cam2.h0.0002-12.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0003-01.nc test1.cam2.h0.0003-02.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0003-03.nc test1.cam2.h0.0003-04.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0003-05.nc test1.cam2.h0.0003-06.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0003-07.nc test1.cam2.h0.0003-08.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0003-09.nc test1.cam2.h0.0003-10.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0003-11.nc test1.cam2.h0.0003-12.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0004-01.nc test1.cam2.h0.0004-02.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0004-03.nc test1.cam2.h0.0004-04.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0004-05.nc test1.cam2.h0.0004-06.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0004-07.nc test1.cam2.h0.0004-08.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0004-09.nc test1.cam2.h0.0004-10.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0004-11.nc test1.cam2.h0.0004-12.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0005-01.nc test1.cam2.h0.0005-02.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0005-03.nc test1.cam2.h0.0005-04.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0005-05.nc test1.cam2.h0.0005-06.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0005-07.nc test1.cam2.h0.0005-08.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0005-09.nc test1.cam2.h0.0005-10.nc 
test1.cam2.h0.0005-11.nc test1.cam2.h0.0005-12.nc test.nc" ;
         :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1 ;
}


-- 
Sara A. Rauscher
(505) 606-0512
T-3 Fluid Dynamics
MS B216
Los Alamos National Lab
Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA