[gradsusr] SDF file does not have any non-coordinate variables

[Jennifer Adams]

The docs are here: http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html

Your descriptor would look something like this (spots with "..." need  
to be filled in by you):

dset ^mam3_aerocom2.cam2.h0.0001-0005.avg.nc
dtype netcdf
TITLE AeroCom Present Day
UNDEF 1.e36
OPTIONS 365_day_calendar
xdef 144 ...
ydef 96 ...
zdef 30 linear 1 1
tdef 1 linear jan2000 1mo
VARS 1
T=>t 30 t,z,y,x Temperature
ENDVARS

--Jennifer


On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Ghan, Steven J wrote:

> I'm not sure what you mean by a full-blown descriptor for 'open'.  
> Could you direct me to documentation?
>
> -
> Where
> t.ddf =
> dset ^mam3_aerocom2.cam2.h0.0001-0005.avg.nc
> TITLE AeroCom Present Day
> UNDEF 1.e36
> OPTIONS 365_day_calendar
> tdef time 1 linear jan2000 1mo
> VARS 1
> t=>t 30 99
> ENDVARS
>
> According to ncdump,
>
> netcdf mam3_aerocom2.cam2.h0.0001-0005.avg {
> dimensions:
>    lat = 96 ;
>    lon = 144 ;
>    lev = 30 ;
>    time = UNLIMITED ; // (1 currently)
>    double lat(lat) ;
>        lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
>        lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
>    double lon(lon) ;
>        lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
>        lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
>    double lev(lev) ;
>        lev:long_name = "hybrid level at midpoints (1000*(A+B))" ;
>        lev:units = "level" ;
>        lev:positive = "down" ;
>        lev:standard_name =  
> "atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate" ;
>        lev:formula_terms = "a: hyam b: hybm p0: P0 ps: PS" ;
>    double time(time) ;
>        time:long_name = "time" ;
>        time:units = "days since 0000-01-01 00:00:00" ;
>        time:calendar = "noleap" ;
>        time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;
>    float T(time, lev, lat, lon) ;
>        T:units = "K" ;
>        T:long_name = "Temperature" ;
>        T:cell_methods = "time: mean" ;
> // global attributes:
>        :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
>        :source = "CAM" ;
>        :case = "mam3_aerocom2" ;
> }
> Interestingly, if I remove the
> VARS 1
> t=>t 30 99
> ENDVARS
> from t.ddf, I can open the netcdf file, but query tells me
> ga-> q file
> File 1 : AeroCom Present Day
>  Descriptor: t.ddf
>  Binary: mam3_aerocom2.cam2.h0.0001-0005.avg.nc
>  Type = Gridded
>  Xsize = 144  Ysize = 96  Zsize = 30  Tsize = 1  Esize = 1
>  Number of Variables = 1
>       30  t,z,y,x  Temperature
>
> The variable name is missing! So grads is unable to get the variable  
> name. And of course I have no way of identifying the variable.
>
> The curious thing is that I was not having any such trouble until I  
> produced a new batch of model history.  I compared the ncdumps from  
> the history that I could read with history that I could not, and  
> found only trivial differences unrelated to variable names.
>
> Any suggestions out there regarding this puzzler?
>
> -Steve Ghan
>
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