[gradsusr] Use wgrib2 to check if grib2 file is valid

Jeff Duda jeffduda319 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 12 16:04:39 EDT 2016


wgrib2 -V (file) should give you a full listing of the arrays and their
dimensionalities and projection information. If you don't have a fully
prepared file, it should error out.

Jeff Duda

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Ivan Toman <ivtoman at inet.hr> wrote:

> Hello GrADS users,
>
> Sometime when I download grib2 NCEP files with grib filter tool, I get
> incomplete file. How can I robustly use wgrib2 tool in bash script to
> check downloaded file if it is valid grib2 file or not?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ivan Toman
>
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Jeff Duda
Post-doctoral research associate
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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