[gradsusr] opening Multiple grib2 files using single control file

Jennifer Adams jma at cola.iges.org
Mon Mar 2 08:58:22 EST 2015


Dear Ahsan, 
GrADS will only support one time axis interval in a data set, and it must be linear (the interval is constant). I suggest you write two descriptor files, one that is 6hourly from hour 0 to 174, and another that is 3hourly from hour 0 to 78. 
—Jennifer



On Feb 14, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Syed Ahsan Ali <ahsanshah01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have grib2 forecast files from 0 to 174 hrs having variable time
> steps, 0 to 78 hours have 3-hourly files and next 6-hourly. I am using
> g2ctl.pl to make grads control file. It writes control file with equal
> 3 hour time steps. It couldn't differentiate between 3-hour and 6-hour
> intervals present in the files. How can I make a control files having
> variable time intervals?
> 
> Ahsan
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