[gradsusr] create control file for grib file

Wed Jul 20 12:28:05 EDT 2016

Bimal,
After generating the control file, you need to use the grads utility
gribmap to generate the index file. I do

gribmap -e -i (control file)

But you probably don't need the -e

Jeff

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Bimal Gyawali <bml.gya at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Wesley,
>
> Thank you very much for your email.
>
> I am using linux and the version of perl is v5.8.8. I have used new
> grib2ctl.p <http://grib2ctl.pl>l with full path
>
> when I do this:
>
> ./grib2ctl.pl  GLDAS_NOAH025_M.A200201.001.grb
> >GLDAS_NOAH025_M.A200201.001.grb.ctl
>
> gives following error: Undefined parameter table (center 221-221 table
> 1), using NCEP-opn
>
> Still it creates control file. But when I try to open control file the
> following error occurs
>
> Open Error:  Can't open Station/Index map file
> GLDAS_NOAH025_M.A200201.001.grb.idx  The data file was not opened
>
> I have downloaded data from
> http://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GLDAS_V1/GLDAS_NOAH025_M/. and
> I did not find GLDAS_NOAH025_M.A200201.001.grb.idx file. Could you please
> tell me from where and how I can get the .idx file?
>
> Thank you
>
> *Bimal Gyawali*
>
>
>
>
>
>
> * Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physical and Environment
> Science Natural Resources Center Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus
> Christi, TX 78412 Tel: 435-881-3603*
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Wesley Ebisuzaki - NOAA Federal <
> wesley.ebisuzaki at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>> Bimal,
>>
>> Some questions:
>>
>> (1) What operating system and version of perl?   Try perl --version.
>> (2) Did you use a full path name when running grib2ctl.pl?   (Are you
>> running an old old version by mistake?)
>> (3) Did you get the same error message when using the full pathname of
>> grib2ctl.pl and with no argument?
>> (4) Is wgrib installed and on your path?
>>
>> Grib2ctl.pl on the web site was last changed March 2014, so there hasn't
>> been any recent changes.
>>
>> Wesley
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Bimal Gyawali <bml.gya at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I downloaded grib2ctl.pl using wget. But still it shows same error.
>>>
>>> *Bimal Gyawali*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physical and Environment
>>> Science Natural Resources Center Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus
>>> Christi, TX 78412 Tel: 435-881-3603 <435-881-3603>*
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Bimal Gyawali <bml.gya at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jeff,
>>>> I just did copy and paste. I will try the way you said. I hope the
>>>> error will not occur.
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> *Bimal Gyawali*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physical and Environment
>>>> Science Natural Resources Center Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus
>>>> Christi, TX 78412 Tel: 435-881-3603 <435-881-3603>*
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bimal,
>>>>> There must be a bug in the current version of that code, or you copied
>>>>> it incorrectly. If you used copy+paste to obtain the code, I would instead
>>>>> try simply using wget or right clicking and selecting "save link as" to
>>>>> make sure you copied the code correctly. If you did that, then the code has
>>>>> a bug. I am not knowledgeable with PERL and so I may not be able to figure
>>>>> out the bug in such a script, but the person who writes/manages that
>>>>> utility, Wesley Ebisuzaki, visits this forum regularly, and his contact
>>>>> information can be found online. I might suggest contacting him for further
>>>>> assistance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Bimal Gyawali <bml.gya at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Jeff,
>>>>>> Thank you for your email. I tried to create control file using the
>>>>>> following command:
>>>>>> grib2ctl.pl grib_file >grib_file.ctl
>>>>>> but it gives the following error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unexpected else.  Incorrect if block nesting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Error occurred scanning line 258.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I dont know why the error is occurred. would you please help me to
>>>>>> figure it out?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Bimal Gyawali*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physical and Environment
>>>>>> Science Natural Resources Center Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus
>>>>>> Christi, TX 78412 Tel: 435-881-3603 <435-881-3603>*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Use the grib2ctl.pl script available at this link:
>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/wgrib.scripts/grib2ctl.pl. You
>>>>>>> must have the wgrib utility installed to use it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a similar script for GRIB2 data called g2ctl as well. It
>>>>>>> requires wgrib2 to be installed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jeff Duda
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Bimal Gyawali <bml.gya at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>>>> How can I create control file for grib file using grads? Please let
>>>>>>>> me know.
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Bimal Gyawali*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> * Graduate Research Assistant Department of Physical and
>>>>>>>> Environment Science Natural Resources Center Texas A&M University-Corpus
>>>>>>>> Christi Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Tel: 435-881-3603 <435-881-3603>*
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>>>>>>> Jeff Duda
>>>>>>> Post-doctoral research associate
>>>>>>> University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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