[gradsusr] Can any help with the descriptor for the ARGO data?

[James T. Potemra]

Hi Carlos,

Following onto Jennifer's message, the Argo data are distributed as 
NetCDF files, and you will need to create a descriptor file to work with 
them in GrADS.  The profile information is contained in the "profile 
files" (there are also trajectory and metadata files associated with the 
Argo floats).  Here is an example descriptor file for a profile file 
downloaded from one of the Argo DAC's:

> DSET ^20100828_prof.nc
> DTYPE netcdf
> TITLE Example Argo profile file 20100828_prof.nc
> UNDEF 99999
> XDEF N_PROF     1 linear 180.0 1.0
> YDEF N_PROF     1 linear   0.0 1.0
> ZDEF N_LEVELS 993 linear   5.0 1.0
> TDEF N_PROF   134 linear 28aug2010 1mo
> VARS   4
> PRES=>PRES 993  t,z  Zonal Velocity (cm/s)
> TEMP=>TEMP 993  t,z  Meridional Velocity (cm/s)
> PSAL=>PSAL 993  t,z  Meridional Velocity (cm/s)
> DOXY=>DOXY 993  t,z  Meridional Velocity (cm/s)
> ENDVARS
Jim

PS NetCDF profile files are available at the Argo GDAC at 
ftp://usgodae.org/pub/outgoing/argo/


On 8/20/16 4:33 AM, Jennifer M Adams wrote:
> If ARGO is grib, http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/grib.html
> If it is netcdf, http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html
> Full doc page on all descriptor file elements: 
> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html
> —Jennifer
>
> On Aug 19, 2016, at 4:10 PM, Carlos Enciso Ojeda 
> <20071058 at lamolina.edu.pe <mailto:20071058 at lamolina.edu.pe>> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody
>>
>> Hi guys, I was trying to use this data from Argo, whith the intention 
>> to plot the salinity, oxigen and pressure oceanic profile, but I 
>> don't know how to make the descriptor file, if any can help me with 
>> this one I really appreciate.
>>
>> PD. i can't attach the data from the argo project, because is too big
>>
>> Thank you so much!
>>
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