[gradsusr] safe data into a NetCDF format

[Roberto Mera]

1.9 does not have sdfwrite. You will need to download the new version of 
the program. You should try opengrads. Easy to install and work with and 
has all the functions of grads.

On 11/28/2011 11:13 AM, Muyin Wang wrote:
> Hi, Roberto:
> Thank you so much for your prompt reply.
> I am running grads-1.9b4, with the command "gradsnc" to start.
> However, when I typed "q sdfwrite"
> I got
> ga->  q sdfwrite
> Invalid QUERY argument: sdfwrite
>
> What's wrong with my grads?
> Thanks,
> Muyin
>
>
>
> On 11/28/11 10:42 AM, Roberto Mera wrote:
>> You can output variables from grads using the sdfwrite option. You can
>> also extract variables using ncks or cdo software. Then you can put
>> files together with the cdo -r cat command using cdo.
>>
>> On 11/28/2011 10:38 AM, Muyin Wang wrote:
>>> Dear Grads Users:
>>> I have a 40 year daily file from model outputs. Now I need to extract
>>> variables for limited domain from the file, and connect them into a
>>> single 40 year NetCDF file.
>>> Does any one know the trick to do this? T
>>> Thank you very much!
>>> Muyin
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is what it looks like in the .ctl file :
>>>
>>> DSET      ^Data/2001/1dy.grd
>>> TITLE     20C3M+A1B
>>> OPTIONS   big_endian template yrev
>>> UNDEF     -999
>>> XDEF       128 LINEAR       0       2.8125
>>> YDEF       64 LEVELS
>>> -87.864 -85.097 -82.313 -79.526 -76.737 -73.948 -71.158 -68.368 -65.578
>>> -62.787 -59.997 -57.207 -54.416 -51.626 -48.835 -46.045 -43.254 -40.464
>>> -37.673 -34.883 -32.092 -29.301 -26.511 -23.720 -20.930 -18.139 -15.348
>>> -12.558 -9.7671 -6.9765 -4.1859 -1.3953 1.3953 4.1859 6.9765 9.7671 12.558
>>> 15.348 18.139 20.930 23.720 26.511 29.301 32.092 34.883 37.673 40.464 43.254
>>> 46.045 48.835 51.626 54.416 57.207 59.997 62.787 65.578 68.368 71.158 73.948
>>> 76.737 79.526 82.313 85.097 87.864
>>> ZDEF         1 LINEAR 1 1
>>> TDEF     14976 LINEAR  12:00Z01JAN2000     1dy
>>> VARS  8
>>> T2           0 99 2m temperature [K]
>>> q2           0 99 2m specific humidity [kg/kg]
>>> slp          0 99 sea level pressure [hPa]
>>> u10          0 99 10m zonal wind [m/s]
>>> v10          0 99 10m meridional wind [m/s]
>>> ssrd         0 99 surf.short.down [W/m**2]
>>>
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