[gradsusr] Unable to plot data after gribmap

Brad Navarro brad.navarro at wni.com
Fri May 2 09:51:14 EDT 2014


Hi Jennifer,

The output is below and seems to indicate number of grid points does not match descriptor. This is interesting because all the files were downloaded by script the exact same way and the first file seems to map fine.

gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf00_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5   MATCH 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2   MATCH 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3   MATCH 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2   MATCH 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3   MATCH 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1   MATCH 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf24_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf48_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf72_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf96_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf120_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf144_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: gfs.t18z.pgrbf168_run2.grib2 
1.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,3,5 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
2.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
3.1: lev1=100,50000 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
4.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,2 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
5.1: lev1=103,10 var=0,2,3 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
6.1: lev1=101,0 var=0,3,1 number of grid points does not match descriptor 
gribmap: reached end of files
gribmap: Writing out the index file 


Regards,
Brad

On May 1, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:

> What is the output from gribmap -v  ?
> --Jennifer
> 
> On Apr 30, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Brad Navarro wrote:
> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> I have 8 files which are named gfs.t18z.pgrbf00_run2.grib2, gfs.t18z.pgrbf24_run2.grib2,....gfs.t18z.pgrbf168_run2.grib2 (24hr increments). The first file is valid at 06Z07MAY2014.
>> I setup my control file per the below and run gribmap, which runs perfectly fine with no errors.  However, when I plot, only the t=1 works, the rest give me a "grid undefined" error. So it seems GrADS is unable to open the other data files. I must admit that I am stumped on this one, though it seems pretty straightforward. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is not working?
>> 
>> 
>> dset ^gfs.t18z.pgrbf%f2_run2.grib2
>> index ^run2.idx
>> options template
>> undef 9.999E+20
>> title gfs.t18z.pgrbf00_run2.grib2
>> *  produced by g2ctl v0.0.4o
>> * griddef=1:0:(360 x 181):grid_template=0:winds(N/S): lat-lon grid:(360 x 181) units 1e-06 input WE:NS output WE:SN res 48 lat 90.000000 to -90.000000 by 1.000000 lon 0.000000 to 359.000000 by 1.000000 #points=65160:winds(N/S)
>> 
>> dtype grib2
>> ydef 181 linear -90.000000 1
>> xdef 360 linear 0.000000 1.000000
>> tdef 8 linear 06Z07MAY2014 24hr
>> zdef 1 linear 1 1
>> vars 6
>> HGT500mb   0,100,50000   0,3,5 ** 500 mb Geopotential Height [gpm]
>> PRMSLmsl   0,101,0   0,3,1 ** mean sea level Pressure Reduced to MSL [Pa]
>> UGRD500mb   0,100,50000   0,2,2 ** 500 mb U-Component of Wind [m/s]
>> UGRD10m   0,103,10   0,2,2 ** 10 m above ground U-Component of Wind [m/s]
>> VGRD500mb   0,100,50000   0,2,3 ** 500 mb V-Component of Wind [m/s]
>> VGRD10m   0,103,10   0,2,3 ** 10 m above ground V-Component of Wind [m/s]
>> ENDVARS
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Brad
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> gradsusr mailing list
> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/attachments/20140502/1f28524a/attachment-0001.html 


More information about the gradsusr mailing list