[gradsusr] time format

[Simon Kiertscher]

Hi all,

I finally solved my problem by converting the time axis from absolute to 
relative with "cdo -r copy inputfile outputfile".

Best Regards,
Simon
> The information could be found at
> http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsdfopen.html.
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Simon Kiertscher
> <simon.kiertscher at gmx.de>  wrote:
>> 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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