[gradsusr] netcdf point (station) datasets in grads

[Ghansham Sangar]

Data descriptor file for station data does not  provide any entry for xdef
and ydef.  See sample data descriptor file  from grads  online
documentation.
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Ghansham Sangar wrote:

> Can you just send a sample data descriptor file for cf-1.6 station data.
> Well I have tried unidata idv, it seems to open it directly.
> Anyways thanks for the prompt reply.
> Regards
> Ghansham
>
> On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, James T. Potemra wrote:
>
>>  Ghansham:
>>
>> If you follow CF-1.6 for discrete geometries, you should able to open the
>> data set in GrADS, but you will have to write a data descriptor file.  The
>> CF-1.6 convention is to have variables with single dimensions, and I
>> believe GrADS (as well as other client tools) needs to have lat/lon
>> dimensions.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 10/29/13 7:47 AM, Ghansham Sangar wrote:
>>
>> R/Sir
>> Is it possible to open point datasets in netcdf format following CF
>> conventions (see discrete sampling geometry in cf metedata conventions1.6
>> document available online). I could not find online documentation regarding
>> same. I am using grads 2.0.2. The dataset is satellite derived wind vectors
>> having relevant fields (ucomp,  vcomp, wind speed, Windows direction,
>> latitude, longitude,  date/time of each observation).
>> Ghansham
>>
>>
>>
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