[gradsusr] gancgrid error: nc_get_vara_double failed; NetCDF: Index exceeds dimension bound

Derek Simkowiak dereks at cool-st.com
Sun Jun 9 16:52:36 EDT 2013


     Hello GrADS users,
I am trying to use GrADS with OSCAR data downloaded from here (using wget):

wget 
http://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/oscar/preview/L4/oscar_third_deg/oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.nc

I am trying to extract lat/lon boxes from this data, so I am invoking 
GrADS using the "lats4d.sh" wrapper script.  When I try to open the 
binary NetCDF file above, I get this error:

gadsdf: SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.

Therefor I am using a "Data Descriptor" (.ctl) file.  However, I am 
unable to get that to work.  Here is the error I am getting with my .ctl 
file:

gancgrid error: nc_get_vara_double failed; NetCDF: Index exceeds 
dimension bound
Data Request Error:  Error for variable 'u'
   Error ocurred at column 1

I don't know what to try next.  Here is my .ctl file for this data -- 
the only thing that is a little weird is that the source says "Longitude 
extends from 20 E to 420 E to avoid a break in major ocean basins", so I 
have the XDEF line starting with the value "20.0" instead of "0.0"... 
but I have also tried starting XDEF with "0.0" and it doesn't change the 
error message:

DSET ^oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.nc
DTYPE netcdf
XDEF 1201 LINEAR 20.0 0.3
YDEF 481 LINEAR -80.0 0.3333333333333333
ZDEF 1 LINEAR 0 1
tdef 1 linear 00Z7jun2013 1dy
UNDEF 0.0
VARS 2
u=>u 0 t,z,x,y Ocean Surface Zonal Currents [m/s]
v=>v 0 t,z,x,y Ocean Surface Meridional Currents [m/s]
ENDVARS

And below is the output of "ncdump -h", which shows the dimensions, 
along with the full output from GrADS.  Also, this source is available 
via OPeNDAP, so you can find out additional details about this source by 
visiting

http://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/oscar/preview/L4/oscar_third_deg/oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.html

Any advice or help is greatly appreciated.  Here is the "ncdump -h" 
output and the "lats4d.sh" GrADS output (which also shows I am using 
GrADS version v2.0.1.oga.1):

netcdf oscar_vel7550.nc.gz {
dimensions:
     time = 1 ;
     year = 1 ;
     depth = 1 ;
     latitude = 481 ;
     longitude = 1201 ;
variables:
     int time(time) ;
         time:units = "day since 1992-10-05 00:00:00" ;
         time:long_name = "Day since 1992-10-05 00:00:00" ;
     float year(year) ;
         year:units = "time in years" ;
         year:long_name = "Time in fractional year" ;
     float depth(depth) ;
         depth:units = "meter" ;
         depth:long_name = "Depth" ;
     double latitude(latitude) ;
         latitude:units = "degrees-north" ;
         latitude:long_name = "Latitude" ;
     double longitude(longitude) ;
         longitude:units = "degrees-east" ;
         longitude:long_name = "Longitude" ;
     double u(time, depth, latitude, longitude) ;
         u:units = "meter/sec" ;
         u:long_name = "Ocean Surface Zonal Currents" ;
         u:missing_value = 0. ;
     double v(time, depth, latitude, longitude) ;
         v:units = "meter/sec" ;
         v:long_name = "Ocean Surface Meridional Currents" ;
         v:missing_value = 0. ;
     double um(time, depth, latitude, longitude) ;
         um:units = "meter/sec" ;
         um:long_name = "Ocean Surface Zonal Currents Maximum Mask" ;
         um:missing_value = 0. ;
     double vm(time, depth, latitude, longitude) ;
         vm:units = "meter/sec" ;
         vm:long_name = "Ocean Surface Meridional Currents Maximum Mask" ;
         vm:missing_value = 0. ;

// global attributes:
         :NC_GLOBAL.VARIABLE = "Ocean Surface Currents" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.DATATYPE = "1/72 YEAR Interval" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.DATASUBTYPE = "unfiltered" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.GEORANGE = "20 to 420 -80 to 80" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.PERIOD = "Jun.07,2013" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.YEAR = "2013" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.DESCRIPTION = "OSCAR Third Degree Sea Surface 
Velocity" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.CREATION_DATE = "00:33 09-Jun-2013" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.VERSION = 2009.f ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.SOURCE = "Gary Lagerloef, ESR (lager at esr.org) and 
Kathleen Dohan, ESR (kdohan at esr.org)" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.CONTACT = "Kathleen Dohan (kdohan at esr.org) or John 
T. Gunn (gunn at esr.org)" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.COMPANY = "Earth & Space Research, Seattle, WA" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.REFERENCE = "Bonjean F. and G.S.E. Lagerloef, 2002 
,\\\"Diagnostic model and analysis of the surface currents in the 
tropical Pacific ocean\\\", J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2,938-2,954" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.NOTE1 = "Maximum Mask velocity is the geostrophic 
component at all points + any concurrent Ekman and buoyancy components" ;
         :NC_GLOBAL.NOTE2 = "Longitude extends from 20 E to 420 E to 
avoid a break in major ocean basins. Data repeats in overlap region." ;
}


Here is the complete GrADS output from lats4d.sh:


/opt/opengrads/grads -blc 'run lats4d.gs -q -v -i 
../../sources/oscar/oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.nc.ctl -lat 16.8 31.8 -lon 276.0 
291.0 -format grib -table ../../sources/oscar/grads.lats.table -ntimes 1 
-o /tmp/tmpCHWp85.grb '

               Welcome to the OpenGrADS Bundle Distribution
               --------------------------------------------

For additional information enter "grads -h".

Starting "/opt/opengrads/Linux/Versions/2.0.1.oga.1/x86_64/grads   -blc 
'run lats4d.gs -q -v -i ../../sources/oscar/oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.nc.ctl 
-lat 16.8 31.8 -lon 276.0 291.0 -format grib -table 
../../sources/oscar/grads.lats.table -ntimes 1 -o /tmp/tmpCHWp85.grb ' " ...


Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.1.oga.1
Copyright (c) 1988-2011 by Brian Doty and the
Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
See file COPYRIGHT for more information

Config: v2.0.1.oga.1 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf 
hdf4-sds hdf5 opendap-grids,stn athena geotiff shapefile
Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information
Loading User Defined Extensions table 
</opt/opengrads/Linux/Versions/2.0.1.oga.1/x86_64/gex/udxt> ... ok.
GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
Running in Batch mode
lats4d: Version 2.1.5 of 28 June 2010
No hardcopy metafile open
All files closed; all defined objects released;
All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized
lats4d: Data file is
File 1 :
   Descriptor: ../../sources/oscar/oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.nc.ctl
   Binary: ../../sources/oscar/oscar_vel7550.nc.gz.nc
   Type = Gridded
   Xsize = 1201  Ysize = 481  Zsize = 1  Tsize = 1  Esize = 1
   Number of Variables = 2
      u  0  t,z,x,y  Ocean Surface Zonal Currents [m/s]
      v  0  t,z,x,y  Ocean Surface Meridional Currents [m/s]

lats4d: Dimension environment file same as data file
lats4d: time range: 00Z07JUN2013 00Z07JUN2013 by 1, delta t: 24 hourly
lats4d: vertical levels:  0
lats4d: invalid plev 0 for GRIB output
lats4d: using HYBRID level number for vertical coordinate
lats4d: latitudinal  range: 16.8 31.8
lats4d: longitudinal range: 276.0 291.0
gancgrid error: nc_get_vara_double failed; NetCDF: Index exceeds 
dimension bound
Data Request Error:  Error for variable 'u'
   Error ocurred at column 1
lats4d: error creating grib_only file /tmp/tmpCHWp85.grb.grb
<RC> 1 </RC>
</IPC>
lats4d: exiting from GrADS...
No hardcopy metafile open
GX package terminated




Thank You,
Derek Simkowiak

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