[gradsusr] Decoding ECMWF Data

[Andrew Revering]

I appreciate the help, but I just don't get it.
I played around with the CTL file and changing some values but couldn't get
anything other than what appears to be 850mb data to display.

Any other help is appreciated.

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On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Becker, Bernd <bernd.becker at metoffice.gov.uk
> wrote:

> **
> try the following nuonces in the way you describe Z in the .ctl files:
>
>
> Multilevel data:
>
> zdef 6 levels
> 1000 850 700 500 200 10
> tdef 33 linear 00Z18Jul2013 1dy
> vars 1
> Z         6  129,100,    0 ** geopotential             gsmtercboundary2
> [gm]
>
> and single level
>
> z     0 129, 99 ,0   ** 500 hPa Geopotential
> gsmobstercboundary2 [m**2 s**-2]
>
> and
>
> z     0 129, 100,500   ** 500 hPa Geopotential
>
> good luck!
> Bernd
>
>
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>  ------------------------------
> *From:* gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:
> gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Revering
> *Sent:* 07 August 2013 06:21
> *To:* GrADS User List
> *Subject:* [gradsusr] Decoding ECMWF Data
>
>  I'm having a hard time with *some* ECMWF data that I'm subscribed to.
> I am using grads (opengrads), gribmap & grib2ctl.pl to generate the CTL &
> IDX files. The file format is Grib1.
> - Using grib2ctl version 0.9.12.6
> - Using gribmap "for grads version 2.0.1.oga.1"
> - Using wgrib 1.8.1.0b
>
>  The problem exists with 'level' data, but not all level data. In the
> example below, I can map the 850mb winds, but not the 500mb.
> Try
>
>  set lev 500
> d uprs
>
>  as an example. I get an 'entire grid undefined' message.
>
>  I was able to open the data using the tkdegrib package and output uprs @
> 500mb level in CSV format, and see that indeed the data is in there and
> looks good. Just can't visualize it in Grads for some reason.
>
>  Here's a temporary link to example files:
> http://www.f5data.net/temp/
>
>  Any thoughts?
>
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