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

Derek Simkowiak dereks at cool-st.com
Sun Jun 9 18:47:28 EDT 2013


Minor correction:  The "invalid plev 0" was fixed by changing this:

ZDEF 1 LINEAR 0 1

to this:

ZDEF 1 LINEAR 1 1

The changes to the var lines did not affect the symptom at all.

Also, I tried both of

OPTIONS little_endian
OPTIONS big_endian

...and it did not affect the symtpom either.  I would have expected an 
error for at least one of those...?


--Derek

On 06/09/2013 03:36 PM, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
>     Jennifer,
> Thank you for the suggestions!  I made the changes:
>
> VARS 2
> u 1 t,z,x,y Ocean Surface Zonal Currents [m/s]
> v 1 t,z,x,y Ocean Surface Meridional Currents [m/s]
> ENDVARS
>
> ...and that did resolve the "invalid plev 0" message.  However, it had 
> no effect on the primary symptom:
>
> 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 1  t,z,x,y  Ocean Surface Zonal Currents [m/s]
>      v 1  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:  1
> lats4d: using PRESSURE 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
>
>
> Any other ideas?
>
>
> Thank You,
> Derek
>
> On 06/09/2013 03:18 PM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
>> Try changing the "0" (for number of levels) to "1" in your variable 
>> declarations. Also, there's no need to alias "u", so you can remove 
>> the "=>u" and "=>v" from each declaration as well.
>> --Jennifer
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
>>
>>>     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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>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> IGES/COLA
>> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
>> Calverton, MD 20705
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>>
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