[gradsusr] create control file for grib file

Wed Jul 20 13:12:53 EDT 2016

Jeff,
Thank you very much. Now I am able to open control file.
Thank you all for your help. I really appreciated.

*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 Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <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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>>>>>>>> Post-doctoral research associate
>>>>>>>> University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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>>>>>> University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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