[gradsusr] help displaying from netcdf file

[Jeff Duda]

I'm trying to use Grads to display data from a netCDF file.  The result of
ncdump for that file is

ncdump -h ARW_cn_20110427.nettemp2m079200
netcdf ARW_cn_20110427 {
dimensions:
        x = 1163 ;
        y = 723 ;
        z = 1 ;
variables:
        float temp2m(z, y, x) ;
                temp2m:standard_name = "temp2m" ;
                temp2m:long_name = "temp2m" ;
                temp2m:units = "F" ;
}

The file size is 3363608 bytes.  Given the data are floating point and
single precision, the size of the data alone are 1163*723*4 = 3363396, for
a difference of 212 bytes

I made a control file designed to open several hundred individual files to
display the variable temp2m:
dset s4%e_arw/ARW_%e_20110427.nettemp2m%ch
chsub 1  1  003600
chsub 2  2  007200
chsub 3  3  010800
chsub 4  4  014400
chsub 5  5  018000
chsub 6  6  021600
chsub 7  7  025200
chsub 8  8  028800
chsub 9  9  032400
chsub 10 10 036000
chsub 11 11 039600
chsub 12 12 043200
chsub 13 13 046800
chsub 14 14 050400
chsub 15 15 054000
chsub 16 16 057600
chsub 17 17 061200
chsub 18 18 064800
chsub 19 19 068400
chsub 20 20 072000
chsub 21 21 075600
chsub 22 22 079200
chsub 23 23 082800
chsub 24 24 086400
chsub 25 25 090000
chsub 26 26 093600
chsub 27 27 097200
chsub 28 28 100800
chsub 29 29 104400
chsub 30 30 108000
chsub 31 31 111600
chsub 32 32 115200
chsub 33 33 118800
chsub 34 34 122400
chsub 35 35 126000
chsub 36 36 129600
options template byteswapped
undef -9999.0
dtype netcdf
pdef 1163 723 lcc 23.2231 -119.145 1.0 1.0 38.5 38.5 -97.0000  4000.000
4000.000
xdef  1163 linear -128.1065     0.053758
ydef  723 linear  23.2231    0.040388
zdef   1 linear 1.0 1.0
tdef 36 linear 01Z27APR2011      1HR
edef 10 NAMES cn m21 m23 m24 m25 m26 m27 m28 m29 m30
VARS    1
temp2m  1  y,x 2-m temperature (F)
ENDVARS
headerbytes 212

When attempting to display the variable in Grads, I get this output:
ga-> open SSEF_ens_temp2m_20110427_net.ctl
Scanning description file:  SSEF_ens_temp2m_20110427_net.ctl
Data file s4%e_arw/ARW_%e_20110427.nettemp2m%ch is open as file 1
LON set to -128.107 -65.6397
LAT set to 23.2231 52.3832
LEV set to 1 1
Time values set: 2011:4:27:1 2011:4:27:1
E set to 1 1
Notice: Implied interpolation for file SSEF_ens_temp2m_20110427_net.ctl
 Interpolation will be performed on any data displayed from this file
ga-> d temp2m
Notice:  Automatic Grid Interpolation Taking Place
*NetCDF Error (gancrow, nc_get_vara_double): NetCDF: Index exceeds
dimension bound*
Data Request Error:  Error for variable 'temp2m'
  Error ocurred at column 1
DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression
  Expression = temp2m

I have also tried altering the line
temp2m  1  y,x 2-m temperature (F)
by the line
temp2m  1  z,y,x 2-m temperature (F)
in accordance with the output from ncdump.  No avail.

Please help me determine the reason for this error and how to fix it.
Thanks.

Jeff Duda
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Jeff Duda
Graduate research assistant
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
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