[gradsusr] g2ctl templates

[Muthuvel Chelliah]

>>  I always had to manually edit the DSET and TDEF entires to get the
proper templating before running gribmap.  <<

yes, most people have the same experience too...

-Muthu

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andre,
> Were you correctly editing the TDEF line of the control file before
> running gribmap on it?  I've used grib2ctl.pl before (not sure if that's
> the g2ctl you're referring to) and it never maintained the templating in
> the control files.  I always had to manually edit the DSET and TDEF entires
> to get the proper templating before running gribmap.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Andre Pattantyus <
> apattantyus2008 at my.fit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Wesley,
>>
>> Sorry for the lack of detail, the files are standard gfs half degree
>> products available via nomads http server as I assumed the naming
>> convention suggests. I do not have the ability to list files via ftp
>> currently.
>>
>> I seem to have solved my problem but since I have run into it numerous
>> times with different data, it would appear that the g2ctl has a bug in the
>> code somewhere when it is dealing with templates.
>>
>> -Andre
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Wesley Ebisuzaki <
>> wesley.ebisuzaki at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Andre,
>>>
>>>    Nobody knows what the names of the files that you are trying to
>>> template nor do they
>>> know the contents of the files except that they are GFS forecasts.  If
>>> you were to make
>>> the files available on FTP, someone might investigate.  Without details,
>>> nobody can solve
>>> your problem.
>>>
>>>       Wesley
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Andre Pattantyus <
>>> apattantyus2008 at my.fit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am reposting since I have not heard back about this error. I tried to
>>>> use g2ctl on gfs forecasts and analysis using a templating option. This did
>>>> not work as expected for unknown reason. The latest error is similar to the
>>>> first. Here is what I type:
>>>>
>>>> g2ctl gfs_4_20111216_0000_%f3.grb2 > forecast.ctl
>>>> gribmap -i forecast.ctl
>>>>
>>>> but it only reads the first and last time period which are a day apart
>>>> when I really want all the 6 hr forecasts. I cannot seem to correct this.
>>>> Attempts to change the template result in errors such as adding %h2, %m2,
>>>> %d2. This is really driving me nuts and holding back my work. Someone
>>>> please shed light on this.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Andre Pattantyus, Graduate Student Research Assistant
>>>> Marine and Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology
>>>> 150 W. University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901
>>>>
>>>> Phone: (321) 674-8330 | Fax: (321) 674-7212 | Email:
>>>> apattantyus2008 at fit.edu
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> gradsusr mailing list
>>>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
>>>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gradsusr mailing list
>>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
>>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andre Pattantyus, Graduate Student Research Assistant
>> Marine and Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology
>> 150 W. University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901
>>
>> Phone: (321) 674-8330 | Fax: (321) 674-7212 | Email:
>> apattantyus2008 at fit.edu
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gradsusr mailing list
>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jeff Duda
> Graduate research assistant
> University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
> Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gradsusr mailing list
> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>
>


-- 

-------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Muthuvel Chelliah, eMail:Muthuvel.Chelliah at noaa.gov
Rm.605A, Climate Prediction Center, Ph:(301)763 8000x7546
NCEP/NWS/NOAA/U.S.Dept.of Commerce, FAX:(301)763-8395
5200 Auth Road, NOAA Science Center
Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/attachments/20120628/62eb8651/attachment-0003.html