[gradsusr] grib2ctl.pl won't work

[Fernando Montana]

Hi, if yor data is GRIB2 format, you should use g2ctl:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/g2ctl.html

Hope this helps


On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 9:21 AM, نازنین <nazanin.mirshokraei at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Grads users:
> I used Grib2ctl.pl to make a Grads file from a GFS file (wgrib2 format ) i
> had . so i did something like this :
>
> $ grib2ctl.pl grib_file >grib_file.ctl
> $ gribmap -i grib_file.ctl -0    <-- this is a zero
> $ grads
> Landscape mode? (no for portrait):
> ga-> open grib_file.ctl
>
> but i recieve these errors:
>
>  Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.1
> Copyright (c) 1988-2011 by Brian Doty and the
> Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
> GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information
>
> Config: v2.0.1 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5
> opendap-grids,stn geotiff shapefile
> Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information
> Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait):  n
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 8.5 11
> ga-> open gfs_4_20070601_0000_003.ctl
> Scanning description file:  gfs_4_20070601_0000_003.ctl
> Warning: Invalid TDEF syntax in gfs_4_20070601_0000_003.ctl -- Changing
> size of T axis from -108 to 1
> Syntax Error:  Invalid Date/Time value.
>   Hour = 51 -- greater than 23
> Open Error:  Invalid start time in tdef card starting value
>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>   --> tdef -108 linear 51Z97oct100: 7400hr
>   The data file was not opened.
>
> can anyone please tell me what does this error mean ? did i edited the
> grib2ctl.pl wrong or there is something wrong with mt GFS.grb2 initial
> file ?
> thanks
>
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