[gradsusr] scanning descriptor file

[Davide Sacchetti]

are you working in linux or windows?
is it possible that your ctl has been moved from windows to linux?
if this could be the case try with flip -u ctlfile (or equivalent
command)

... it seems an error of this kind

bye bye
Davide

On Thu, 2012-07-19 at 18:09 +0200, Francisco Saimone wrote:
> Dear GrADS users,
> 
> 
> I created a descriptor file from grib file using grib2ctl.pl software.
> but when i run it it appears the following information:
> 
> 
> Scanning description file:  GLDAS_VIC10_M.A198001.001.ctl
> Open Error:  missing XDEF record 
> Open Error:  missing YDEF record 
> Open Error:  missing ZDEF record 
> Open Error:  missing TDEF record 
> Open Error:  missing UNDEF record 
> Open Error:  missing DSET record 
> Open Error:  missing VARS record 
>   The data file was not opened. 
> 
> 
> Can someone help me how to define those records for the discriptor
> file created? it appears that this .ctl file does not have any
> information. I supose this could be done automatically...I read some
> instructions to define those elements according to grib file
> information...
> dset ^sample.grib
> index ^sample.idx
> title sample grib file
> dtype grib 
> options yrev
> undef 9.999E+20
> XDEF 360 linear 0.0 1.0
> YDEF 181 linear -90.0 1
> ZDEF 4 levels 1000 850 500 200
> TDEF 3 linear 00Z02apr2004 6hr
> VARS 2
> u  4  33,100  u wind [m/s]
> v  4  34,100  v wind [m/s]
> ENDVARS
> 
> 
> where I have to do this...i tried in the same environment but does not
> work...
> 
> 
> -- 
> FRANCISCO P. SAIMONE
> 
> 
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