[gradsusr] Error while reading CMIP5 GFDL-ESM2M rainfall data

[Kanhu Charan Pattnayak]

Thanks a lot Jennifer. I'll have a try with your suggestion and will let
know if face any problem.

Regards
Kanhu


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:

> I have a copy of this file and I am not able to reproduce this error. I
> suggest you retrieve it again, perhaps from the original source instead of
> ICTP, or else you can notify the administrator of the clima-dods server
> that something is wrong with that file.
>
> My xdfopen-style descriptor for this data set (which includes all times
> from 186101 through 200512) is printed below. Although the file has a
> 365-day calendar, it is not necessary to add that to the descriptor OPTIONS
> because it is monthly data. But you absolutely do need a complete TDEF
> entry and the CHSUB entries are also required because there is no 5-year
> template substitution string.
> --Jennifer
>
> DSET
> /data/cmip5/data/historical/atmos/mon/Amon/pr/NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-ESM2M/r1i1p1/pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_%
> ch.nc
> OPTIONS template
> TDEF time 1740 linear 01jan1861 1mo
> CHSUB 1 60 186101-186512
> CHSUB 61 120 186601-187012
> CHSUB 121 180 187101-187512
> CHSUB 181 240 187601-188012
> CHSUB 241 300 188101-188512
> CHSUB 301 360 188601-189012
> CHSUB 361 420 189101-189512
> CHSUB 421 480 189601-190012
> CHSUB 481 540 190101-190512
> CHSUB 541 600 190601-191012
> CHSUB 601 660 191101-191512
> CHSUB 661 720 191601-192012
> CHSUB 721 780 192101-192512
> CHSUB 781 840 192601-193012
> CHSUB 841 900 193101-193512
> CHSUB 901 960 193601-194012
> CHSUB 961 1020 194101-194512
> CHSUB 1021 1080 194601-195012
> CHSUB 1081 1140 195101-195512
> CHSUB 1141 1200 195601-196012
> CHSUB 1201 1260 196101-196512
> CHSUB 1261 1320 196601-197012
> CHSUB 1321 1380 197101-197512
> CHSUB 1381 1440 197601-198012
> CHSUB 1441 1500 198101-198512
> CHSUB 1501 1560 198601-199012
> CHSUB 1561 1620 199101-199512
> CHSUB 1621 1680 199601-200012
> CHSUB 1681 1740 200101-200512
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Kanhu Charan Pattnayak wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> I downloaded the GFDL-ESM2M rainfall data
> (pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_186101-186512.nc) from the following
> website
>
>
> http://clima-dods.ictp.it/data/d8/cordex/CMIP5/monthly/hist/GFDL-ESM2M/pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_186101-186512.nc
>
> But I am not able to open this file in grads.
> The following errors are coming
>
> While ncdump
>
> ncdump -h pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc
> ncdump: pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc: NetCDF:
> Unknown file format
> I
>
> in GrADS
>
> ga-> sdfopen pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc
> Scanning self-describing file:
>  pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc
> Error: nc_open failed to open file
> pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc
> NetCDF: Unknown file format
> gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
>
> I also used control file(attached with this mail) still not able to plot
> this data.
>
> ga-> open test.ctl
> Scanning description file:  test.ctl
> Data file pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_%ch.nc is open as file 1
> LON set to 0 360
> LAT set to -89 89
> LEV set to 0 0
> Time values set: 1861:1:15:12 1861:1:15:12
> E set to 1 1
> ga-> d pr
> Cannot contour grid - all undefined values
>
>
> Kindly suggest me how to use this data.
>
> --
> Kanhu Charan Pattnayak (Research Scholar)
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Kanhu Charan Pattnayak (Research Scholar)
Room No.311, Block - VI
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas
New Delhi - 110 016
India
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