[gradsusr] grib2 gfs files and g2gdf.pl

[Ted Pollock]

I'm actually using grib2.gex, Arlindo's opengrads extension.

I probably should have mentioned that.

Ted



Quoting "Jennifer Adams" <jma at cola.iges.org>:

> Ted,
> Version 1.9 does not read grib2 files. You need version 2.0. I don't  
>  know anything about g2gdf.pl, but you may find some useful  
> information  in the documentation on handling GRIB in GrADS  
> http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/grib.html
> --Jennifer
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Ted Pollock wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been trying to open the 1 degree grib2 gfs files using grads
>> v1.9.0-rc1 on an i686 fedora machine. The files have the form
>> gfs.t??z.pgrbf??.grib2.
>>
>> g2gdf.pl is not generating the appropriate .inv files for forecast
>> hours greater than 0.
>>
>> After playing with the files, I discovered that the dates in the .inv
>> file correspond to the initial time of the model run, not the forecast
>> time. By changing the dates in the .inv file to the forecast time, I
>> can display the variables using the .inv/.gdf files generated. Without
>> this change, all variables return undefined values.
>>
>> I am not that good with perl or grib2 files yet, so it would be great
>> if someone could suggest some possible modifications to the g2gdf.pl
>> script.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>
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