[gradsusr] Writing GrADS netCDF files with IDL

luis blacutt luis.blacutt at gmail.com
Tue Sep 13 12:15:46 EDT 2011


Hi Rich,

I've used xconv succesfully for converting binary data into netcdf.
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/help/software/xconv/

Luis


On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Bantges, Richard J <
r.bantges at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Hi there,****
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> I’m trying to write a GrADS compatible netCDF file using ITT’s IDL
> software, that can then be read in using GrADS’s sdfopen command. Does
> anyone have an example IDL procedure that does this please? ****
>
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> I’ve managed to write out data in a gridded binary data file that is
> described here http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/aboutgriddeddata.html but
> ideally I’d like to write these in netCDF format. The main problem is
> writing the netCDF so that the associated control file accurately describes
> the netCDF file content.****
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> So, if anyone has a very simple IDL procedure that writes out a netCDF file
> that can be directly read by GrADS using the sdfopen command that would be
> fantastic.****
>
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> Rich****
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