[gradsusr] time format
Simon Kiertscher
simon.kiertscher at gmx.de
Wed Jul 27 05:14:17 EDT 2011
Dear Yaqiang,
thank you for the information, where can i find the GrADS conventions to
know which format is ok, and which not?
I'm very new to GrADS, so can you give me a source where i can find a
example of a control file? I have no idea how to do that.
Best Regards,
Simon
> time:units = "day as %Y%m%d.%f" It does not follow GOARDS
> conventions which is used in 'sdfopen' function. So you need to write
> a control file to tell GrADS the dimensions and variables in the data
> set. You have to use 'xdfopen' or 'open' commands to open the data
> file.
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Simon Kiertscher
> <simon.kiertscher at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> i have a problem with opening a file.
>> I use (GrADS) Version 2.0.a9 on Suse
>>
>> ga-> sdfopen GKSS-2.nc
>> Scanning self-describing file: GKSS-2.nc
>> gadsdf: Error parsing time_units for SDF file.
>>
>> the format is as follows:
>> (from ncdump)
>>
>> double time(time) ;
>> time:units = "day as %Y%m%d.%f" ;
>> time:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ;
>> time:axis = "t" ;
>> time:long_name = "time" ;
>>
>> So i think this is valid format? Can anyone tell my what is wrong?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Simon
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