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

[Ghan, Steven J]

Thanks, but it doesn't help.

Note that when I don't have VARS/ENDVARS in my ddf file, grads can open the file but when I query the variables it lists them but they have no names. So for some reason grads isn't getting the variable names from the netcdf file.

-Steve


On 2/8/11 8:54 AM, "Feudale Laura" <feudale at ictp.it> wrote:

Hi Steve,
try the following format in your variable declaration:

T=>t  30 t,z,y,x Temperature

Regards,

-- Laura

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Ghan, Steven J wrote:
> Jennifer, thanks for your suggestion, but it makes no difference whether I declare it t or T.  I had tried both.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On 2/8/11 7:54 AM, "Jennifer Adams" <jma at COLA.IGES.ORG> wrote:
>
> The variable in the netcdf file is "T" so your variable declaration in t.ddf should be
> T=>t
> instead of
> t=>t
>
> --Jennifer
>
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Ghan, Steven J wrote:
>
> I am using Grads version 2.0.a7.1 to open a netcdf file with xdfopen:
>
> ga-> xdfopen t.ddf
> Scanning Descriptor File:  t.ddf
> gadsdf: SDF file does not have any non-coordinate variables.
> SDF Descriptor file t.ddf was not successfully opened & parsed.
>
> 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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