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[Zhong Liu]

Dear Jonathan,

Our sample ctl is correct. Simply change June to Jun in your ctl and it 
should work.

If you have further questions, please let us know.

Regards,

-Zhong

On 3/3/2011 3:57 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:
> Can you provide help with this message to the gradsusr mail list?  Our 
> control file for the Global-merged IR doesn't seem to be working for him.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *"SMITH, JONATHAN WYNN. (GSFC-6133)" <jonathan.smith at nasa.gov 
>> <mailto:jonathan.smith at nasa.gov>>
>> *Date: *March 3, 2011 12:13:51 PM MST
>> *To: *"gradsusr at gradsusr.org <mailto:gradsusr at gradsusr.org>" 
>> <gradsusr at gradsusr.org <mailto:gradsusr at gradsusr.org>>
>> *Subject: **[gradsusr] (no subject)*
>> *Reply-To: *GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org 
>> <mailto:gradsusr at gradsusr.org>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am having trouble opening the globally-merged TRMM IR data files 
>> with grads.  I recently downloaded all o f the files for June of 2006 
>> from: 
>> http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&dataset=Global-merged%20IR%20Brightness%20Temperature%20Data&project=TRMM&dataGroup=Ancillary&version=001&CGISESSID=559e198c73b9961d223704eaaa07b51a 
>> <http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&dataset=Global-merged%20IR%20Brightness%20Temperature%20Data&project=TRMM&dataGroup=Ancillary&version=001&CGISESSID=559e198c73b9961d223704eaaa07b51a>
>> I am using the script and .ctl file attached.  In the script I desire 
>> to plot  TRMM data and then plot lightning from the WWLLN.
>> I have carefully checked to see that the files to be opened are in 
>> the correct paths:
>> I am getting the following errors after running 
>> lightning_trmm_00zJune01.gs:
>> Open Error:  Missing or invalid dimension starting value
>>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>>   --> TDEF 1000000  LINEAR   02z01June2006 30mn
>>
>>   The data file was not opened.
>> SET Error:  No files open yet
>> SET Error:  No files open yet
>>
>> The .ctl is in a format suggested by the following 
>> site:http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/Globally_merged_IR.shtml
>> Any suggestions on how to get the grads script to open the files 
>> would be great.
>> Thanks
>> Jonathan
>> *Jonathan Wynn Smith*
>> /Student Trainee, WRF-Chem Modeling and Long-range transport/
>> _jonathan.smith at nasa.gov <mailto:jonathan.smith at nasa.gov>_
>> NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
>> Code 613.3-Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch
>> Greenbelt, MD
>> 301-614-5956
>> /Doctoral Candidate/
>> jw_smith at bison.howard.edu <mailto:jw_smith at bison.howard.edu>
>> Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences
>> Washington, DC


-- 
Zhong Liu, Ph.D.
Zhong.Liu-1 at nasa.gov
George Mason University and
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