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

[James T. Potemra]

Hi Carlos,

Did you try with "xdfopen" instead of just "open"?  You'll need to use 
xdfopen with the descriptor file.

Jim


On 8/22/16 11:04 AM, Carlos Enciso Ojeda wrote:
> Hi Jim
>
> I really appreciate your help, it's always priceless, I was checking 
> your descriptor file, but it doesn't run, this is what must be changed.
>
> Open Error:  Missing or invalid dimension size.
>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>   --> XDEF N_PROF     1 linear 180.0 1.0
>   The data file was not opened.
>
> I'm using data from the pacific ocean, with 137 N_PROF and I don't 
> know how to manage this problem. Can you help with this one, please?
>
> I really thank all your help my friend.
>
> Best wishes
>
> 2016-08-22 14:54 GMT-05:00 James T. Potemra <jimp at hawaii.edu 
> <mailto:jimp at hawaii.edu>>:
>
>     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 <http://20100828_prof.nc>
>>     DTYPE netcdf
>>     TITLE Example Argo profile file 20100828_prof.nc
>>     <http://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/
>     <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
>>     <http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/grib.html>
>>     If it is netcdf,
>>     http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html
>>     <http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html>
>>     Full doc page on all descriptor file elements:
>>     http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html
>>     <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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>>     --
>>     Jennifer Miletta Adams
>>     Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>>     George Mason University
>>
>>
>>
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