[gradsusr] HDF5 control file help for long variable

Matt Bunkers - WFO UNR matthew.bunkers at noaa.gov
Sat Dec 12 14:13:09 EST 2015


Hi,

I have an hdf5 file for the GFS212 grid and am having trouble with the
control file.  The variable seems inordinately long, so I'm guessing that
is my problem, but I'm not sure what to put.  Thanks for any help you can
provide.

-- Matt

*Here is my error*:

ga-> open gfs212.ctl
Scanning description file:  gfs212.ctl
Open Error:  Invalid variable record
  --> The invalid description file record is:
  -->
/grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CAPE::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data=>cape
0,y,x CAPE [J/kg]
  The data file was not opened.
ga->



*Here is my control file*:

dset ^GFS212-2015-12-07-18-FH-240.h5
dtype hdf5_grid
title GFS212 Grid
undef -999999.0 _FillValue
unpack ScaleFactor Offset
xdef 129 linear -133.459 0.44
ydef 185 linear 12.190 0.44
zdef 1 linear 1 1
tdef 1 linear 18z17dec2015 6hr
vars 1
/grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CAPE::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data=>cape
0,y,x CAPE [J/kg]
endvars



*Here is the output of the h5dump commands*:

matthew.bunkers at sac2-> h5dump -n GFS212-2015-12-07-18-FH-240.h5
HDF5 "GFS212-2015-12-07-18-FH-240.h5" {
FILE_CONTENTS {
 group      /
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::BLI::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::BLI::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CAPE::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CAPE::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CIn::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CIn::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::P::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::P::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::SLI::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::SLI::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::WEASD::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::WEASD::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CFRZR6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CFRZR6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CICEP6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CICEP6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CP6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CP6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CRAIN6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CRAIN6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CSNOW6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::CSNOW6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 group
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::TP6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0
 dataset
 /grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)[2015-12-17_12:00:00.0--2015-12-17_18:00:00.0]::GFS212::null::null::206::TP6hr::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data
 }
}
matthew.bunkers at sac2-> h5dump -H
-d/"grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CAPE::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data"
GFS212-2015-12-07-18-FH-240.h5
HDF5 "GFS212-2015-12-07-18-FH-240.h5" {
DATASET
"/grid::2015-12-07_18:00:00.0_(240)::GFS212::null::null::206::CAPE::SFC::0.0::-999999.0/Data"
{
   DATATYPE  H5T_IEEE_F32LE
   DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 129, 185 ) / ( H5S_UNLIMITED, H5S_UNLIMITED ) }
}
}
matthew.bunkers at sac2->
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