[gradsusr] Displaying a .nc file

Hosmay Lopez hlopez at rsmas.miami.edu
Thu Jun 19 10:22:18 EDT 2014


Try this CTL file:

The only difference is how you defined the variables' arguments.


DSET   ^atmos_month.nc.0000
UNDEF  1.e-10
DTYPE netcdf
TITLE 6 Months Sample Model Output
*
XDEF 96 LINEAR  0.0   3.75
*
YDEF 80 GAUSR30 1
*
ZDEF 18 LEVELS  1000 950 900 850 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300
250 200 150
*
TDEF 804  LINEAR JAN0 1MO
*
VARS 7
u   18   t,z,y,x  u
v   18   t,z,y,x  v
w   18   t,z,y,x  v
t   18   t,z,y,x  v
sh   18   t,z,y,x  v
rh   18   t,z,y,x  v
z   18   t,z,y,x  v
ENDVARS

Good luck!

Hosmay Lopez
UM/CIMAS/RSMAS NOAA/AOML/PHOD
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Miami, FL 33149, USA
Phone: (305) 361-4329

________________________________
From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] on behalf of David Stanfel [dstanfel at ualberta.ca]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:07 AM
To: GrADS Users Forum
Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Displaying a .nc file

It did prompt a list of variables including u, v, w, and z. It still doesn't want to display them.


ga-> q file

File 1 : 6 Months Sample Model Output

  Descriptor: cont.ctl

  Binary: atmos_month.nc.0000

  Type = Gridded

  Xsize = 96  Ysize = 80  Zsize = 18  Tsize = 804  Esize = 1

  Number of Variables = 7

     u  18  0  u

     v  18  0  v

     w  18  0  v

     t  18  0  v

     sh  18  0  v

     rh  18  0  v

     z  18  0  v

ga-> d v

Data Request Error:  Error for variable 'v'

  Error ocurred at column 1

DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression

  Expression = v

ga-> d sh

Error: Variable sh not in netcdf file

Data Request Error:  Error for variable 'sh'

  Error ocurred at column 1

DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression

  Expression = sh

Thanks,

David


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:58 PM, James T. Potemra <jimp at hawaii.edu<mailto:jimp at hawaii.edu>> wrote:
If you enter "q file" at the GrADS prompt it should list the variables.


On 6/18/14 5:52 PM, David Stanfel wrote:
How do I know what variable name will work? I've tried u, v, w, and z and still only get:


ga-> d v

Error: Variable v not in netcdf file

Data Request Error:  Error for variable 'v'

  Error ocurred at column 1

DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression

  Expression = v

Thanks,

David


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Hosmay Lopez <hlopez at rsmas.miami.edu<mailto:hlopez at rsmas.miami.edu>> wrote:
David,

You should let GrADS know that the file is a netCDF. You do that by adding the following text line in your control file:

DTYPE netcdf

Insert such after the UNDEF line.

Good luck!

Hosmay Lopez
UM/CIMAS/RSMAS NOAA/AOML/PHOD
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Miami, FL 33149, USA
Phone: (305) 361-4329<tel:%28305%29%20361-4329>

________________________________
From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org<mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org> [gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org<mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org>] on behalf of David Stanfel [dstanfel at ualberta.ca<mailto:dstanfel at ualberta.ca>]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:58 PM
To: GrADS Users Forum
Subject: [gradsusr] Displaying a .nc file

So I figured out how to use a descriptor file but I am still having troubles opening the file. My descriptor file is as follows:

DSET   ^atmos_month.nc.0000
UNDEF  1.e-10
TITLE 6 Months Sample Model Output
*
XDEF 96 LINEAR  0.0   3.75
*
YDEF 80 GAUSR30 1
*
ZDEF 18 LEVELS  1000 950 900 850 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300
250 200 150
*
TDEF 804  LINEAR JAN0 1MO
*
VARS 7
u   18   0  u
v   18   0  v
w   18   0  v
t   18   0  v
sh   18   0  v
rh   18   0  v
z   18   0  v
ENDVARS

It was able to open it without issue:


ga-> open cont.ctl

Scanning description file:  cont.ctl

Data file atmos_month.nc.0000 is open as file 1

LON set to 0 360

LAT set to -88.29 88.29

LEV set to 1000 1000

Time values set: 0:1:1:0 0:1:1:0

E set to 1 1


However, I am having trouble displaying the data. I tried to use the display command (d) with this result:


ga-> d atmos_month.nc.0000

Syntax error: Bad file number for variable atmos_month

  Error ocurred at column 1

DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression

  Expression = atmos_month.nc.0000


Is my syntax off?


Thanks,


David

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