[gradsusr] problem to plot variable with template CTL file

[Jennifer Adams]

You probably need to add this to your descriptor file:
   UNPACK scale_factor add_offset
--Jennifer

On Oct 21, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Jose Augusto Paixão Veiga wrote:

> Dear all
> 
> I did the following CTL file to deal with several nc files from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis (air.1979.nc, air.1980.nc, ..., air.1999.nc),
> 
> DSET ^air.%y4.nc
> UNDEF  9.96921E+36
> OPTIONS template
> DTYPE netcdf
> TITLE NCEP REANALISYS
> XDEF   144 linear   -180.0  2.5
> YDEF    73 linear    -90.0  2.5
> ZDEF    17 levels  1000 925 850 700 600 500 400 300 250 200 150 100 70 50 30 20 10
> TDEF  7670 linear  00Z01JAN1979 1DY
> VARS     1
> air     17 t,z,y,x  Daily Air Temperature on Pressure Levels (T)  [K]
> ENDVARS
> 
> however, when I open the CTL file above into GrAds, anyone error massage rises, apparently indicating that everything ran correctly, but, when I display the variable called air (plot_from_template.png in attach) something occurs and the plot seems to be another thing (not identified yet). 
> What must I do to properly display the correct values (plot_from_notemplate.png in attach)? Maybe does the option DTYPE wasn't set properly?
> 
>    Thanks in advance guys,
> 
> 
> 
> José Augusto P. Veiga, 
> 
> 
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> <plot_from_template.gif>
> 
> 
> <plot_from_notemplate.gif>
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