[gradsusr] No discernable time coordinate in single-timestep NC file

[Stephen McMillan]

Jennifer,

I don't know why I had overlooked the -4d option, since it's clearly stated
in the 'set sdfwrite' documentation.  Thanks for the response...and it did
the trick!

Stephen

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:

> Use the -4d option to 'set sdfwrite' -- that will force your output file to
> have 4 coordinate variables (lon,lat,lev,time), and it will write out your
> variable as a 4D variable with the correct fixed time dimension metadata.
> --Jennifer
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Stephen McMillan wrote:
>
> When using SDFWRITE, I have been unable to output a single-timestep NC file
> with the desired time coordinate.  They always show "00Z01JAN0001" for time
> when I do a 'q ctlinfo' or 'q dim'.  However, If I output a multi-timestep
> file, the correct times are shown.  I am not having a problem with the
> displayed data, and I do know that I can analyze using t=1 or
> time=00Z01JAN0001, so it's not a show-stopper.
>
> I have tried various combinations of 'set sdfattr time String.....' to set
> attribute metadata, but to no avail.  Other 'set sdfattr...' commands are
> working.
>
> I am currently using opengrads version 2.0.a7.oga.3.  The documentation
> says 'set sdfattr' command is available in v2.0.a3 or higher, but perhaps
> some won't work with my version?
>
> Stephen McMillan
>
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