[gradsusr] GrADS--links to MERRA data sets

Wed Nov 13 13:21:15 EST 2013

GrADS describes a "descriptor data set" required for reading each data set.  My goal is to use GrADS to read MERRA data and place it in data sets that my software can read.  After looking at both MERRA and GrADS for a bit, I have some questions.
   1.  In looking at the MERRA document, "File Specification for  MERRA Products," I don't see a reference to such a data set.  However, there are references to metadata associated with each variable name.  Do you know if MERRA data sets (e.g., tavg1_2d_slv_Nx) have descriptor data sets, or does the user have to make one?
   2.  MERRA refers to data in HDF-EOS format, while GrADS mentions using HDF-SDS format.  Are these compatible, or do I need to do a conversion?
   3.  I looked through the GrADS user manual but didn't see  anything about simply reading in data and writing it out in some other format (e.g., ASCII).  Do you know where I can find this information?  Thanks!

Fred M.

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On Nov 13, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Mayes, Fred wrote:

> I entered, as in the tutorial,
> Clear
> Set lon -90
> Set lat -90 90
> Set lev 1000 100
> Set t 1
> 
> After the "Set t 1" command, I get "Time values set:  1987:1:1:0 1987:1:1:0".
> When I execute the next command in the tutorial, "d t", I get an error 
> again. That "'t' not a variable or function name".  I did a "query 
> file", and T is not on the data set.
There must a discrepancy between the variable names in the tutorial and the descriptor file distributed in the example.tar.Z. I will look into it and rectify the error. For now, use the variable names in the 'q file' output and override what's in the tutorial. Sorry about that! 

> But obviously GrADS recognized it when I issued the command "Set t 1".
When you use 'set t' you are changing the dimension environment, telling grads which time step or range of time steps to look at in the data file. The 't' in this case is the index for the time axis. When you 'display t' (or 'd t' in shorthand) you are asking grads to display a data variable named t, which is something different from the t in 'set t'. 

I think I will modify the example data set and the tutorial and use a variable name like 'temp'  to avoid this confusion. 
--Jennifer

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>   3. Re: GrADS--Failure of display box to  open with map (Mayes, Fred)
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> hi,
> dear grad user i need help regarding ploting annual cycle of three model data, i want to plot cm2.0, CMAP and CRU data in one grade file and need a display that show annual cycle.
> please give me the script which can help me to solve this. i have monthly data file of common period which is 1979 to 2000.
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> hi,
> dear grad user i need help regarding ploting annual cycle of three model data, i want to plot cm2.0, CMAP and CRU data in one grade file and need a display that show annual cycle.
> please give me the script which can help me to solve this. i have monthly data file of common period which is 1979 to 2000.
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> I did not knowingly open in batch mode, but assuming I am in batch mode, how to I exit it so I can get the display window?
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> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did you use -b when you invoked GrADS ? 
> --Jennifer
> 
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
> 
>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>> Previously when  I typed ?d ps? I got a second box with an isobar map  in it.
>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in the 
>> command box,
>> ?Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50?.
>> 
>> Fred Mayes
>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>   Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office Energy 
>> Information Administration
>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>> Washington, DC  20585
>> (202) 586-1508 (W)
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> dear Jennifer
> 
> I am having Error reading lpoly_lowres.asc when I tried to run basemap 
> script to
> 
> mask the ocean and for only the plot on the land to be displayed
> 
> I am using grads-2.0.2 on linux Ubuntu12.04
> 
> Please I need help
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
> 
>> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did 
>> you use -b when you invoked GrADS ?
>> --Jennifer
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
>> 
>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>> Previously when  I typed ?d ps? I got a second box with an isobar map 
>> in it.
>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in the 
>> command box,
>> ?Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50?.
>> 
>> *Fred Mayes*
>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>   Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office Energy 
>> Information Administration
>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>> Washington, DC  20585
>> *(202) 586-1508 (W)*
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>> George Mason University
>> 4400 University Drive
>> Fairfax, VA 22030
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> You probably have to update your copy of basemap.gs with the full path to the ascii files. 
> --Jennifer
> p.s. I recently wrote a doc page for basemap: 
> http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/basemap.html
> 
> 
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Eniola Olaniyan wrote:
> 
>> dear Jennifer
>> 
>> I am having Error reading lpoly_lowres.asc when I tried to run 
>> basemap script to
>> 
>> mask the ocean and for only the plot on the land to be displayed
>> 
>> I am using grads-2.0.2 on linux Ubuntu12.04
>> 
>> Please I need help
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did you use -b when you invoked GrADS ? 
>> --Jennifer
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
>> 
>>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>>> Previously when  I typed ?d ps? I got a second box with an isobar map  in it.
>>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in 
>>> the command box,
>>> ?Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50?.
>>> 
>>> Fred Mayes
>>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>>   Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office Energy 
>>> Information Administration
>>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>>> Washington, DC  20585
>>> (202) 586-1508 (W)
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gradsusr mailing list
>>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
>>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>> 
>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>> George Mason University
>> 4400 University Drive
>> Fairfax, VA 22030
>> 
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> From: Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] GrADS--Failure of display box to  open with
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> You have to quit GrADS and start again. Batch mode is enabled with the 
> -b option on startup. Type 'grads -help' for more info. --Jennifer
> 
> On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
> 
>> I did not knowingly open in batch mode, but assuming I am in batch 
>> mode, how to I exit it so I can get the display window?
>> 
>> Fred M.
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>>  1. Re: GrADS--Failure of display box to open with map
>>     (Jennifer Adams)
>>  2. Re: GrADS--Failure of display box to open with map
>>     (Eniola Olaniyan)
>>  3. Re: GrADS--Failure of display box to open with map
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>> From: Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org>
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>> map
>> To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
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>> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did you use -b when you invoked GrADS ? 
>> --Jennifer
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
>> 
>>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>>> Previously when  I typed ?d ps? I got a second box with an isobar map  in it.
>>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in 
>>> the command box,
>>> ?Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50?.
>>> 
>>> Fred Mayes
>>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>>  Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office Energy 
>>> Information Administration
>>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>>> Washington, DC  20585
>>> (202) 586-1508 (W)
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gradsusr mailing list
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>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>> George Mason University
>> 4400 University Drive
>> Fairfax, VA 22030
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>> From: Eniola Olaniyan <olaniyan.eniola67 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] GrADS--Failure of display box to open with 
>> map
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>> 
>> dear Jennifer
>> 
>> I am having Error reading lpoly_lowres.asc when I tried to run 
>> basemap script to
>> 
>> mask the ocean and for only the plot on the land to be displayed
>> 
>> I am using grads-2.0.2 on linux Ubuntu12.04
>> 
>> Please I need help
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did 
>>> you use -b when you invoked GrADS ?
>>> --Jennifer
>>> 
>>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
>>> 
>>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>>> Previously when  I typed ?d ps? I got a second box with an isobar 
>>> map in it.
>>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in 
>>> the command box,
>>> ?Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50?.
>>> 
>>> *Fred Mayes*
>>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>>  Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office Energy 
>>> Information Administration
>>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>>> Washington, DC  20585
>>> *(202) 586-1508 (W)*
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gradsusr mailing list
>>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
>>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jennifer M. Adams
>>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>>> George Mason University
>>> 4400 University Drive
>>> Fairfax, VA 22030
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 16:11:37 -0500
>> From: Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org>
>> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] GrADS--Failure of display box to open with 
>> map
>> To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
>> Message-ID: <D6BEF77F-9844-412D-80D6-D128A39789BA at cola.iges.org>
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>> You probably have to update your copy of basemap.gs with the full path to the ascii files. 
>> --Jennifer
>> p.s. I recently wrote a doc page for basemap: 
>> http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/basemap.html
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Eniola Olaniyan wrote:
>> 
>>> dear Jennifer
>>> 
>>> I am having Error reading lpoly_lowres.asc when I tried to run 
>>> basemap script to
>>> 
>>> mask the ocean and for only the plot on the land to be displayed
>>> 
>>> I am using grads-2.0.2 on linux Ubuntu12.04
>>> 
>>> Please I need help
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>>> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did you use -b when you invoked GrADS ? 
>>> --Jennifer
>>> 
>>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>>>> Previously when  I typed ?d ps? I got a second box with an isobar map  in it.
>>>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in 
>>>> the command box,
>>>> ?Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50?.
>>>> 
>>>> Fred Mayes
>>>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>>>  Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office Energy 
>>>> Information Administration
>>>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>>>> Washington, DC  20585
>>>> (202) 586-1508 (W)
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> gradsusr mailing list
>>>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
>>>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jennifer M. Adams
>>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>>> George Mason University
>>> 4400 University Drive
>>> Fairfax, VA 22030
>>> 
>>> 
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