[gradsusr] xdfopen with multiple files

[Jeff Duda]

Have you tried removing the underscores from the names? Maybe there's a
syntax limitation.

Jeff

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 1:47 AM, Kiswendsida Hyacinthe Guigma <
K.Guigma at sussex.ac.uk> wrote:

> Thank you Jeff for these ideas. But none of them works.I am allowed to use
> up to 15 characters while I'm actually using only 14. And I removed several
> names to keep only 2 of them, but I still get the same error message. In
> the past I used similar length of names (24) with binary files (then using
> open) and it worked fine. So I don't think this could be the cause of the
> issue.
>
> GUIGMA
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> jeffduda319 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 8:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] xdfopen with multiple files
>
> Could it be that there is a length or character limit for entries in a
> control file and that your edef entry is exceeding that limit? What happens
> if you remove several of those names from the list in the EDEF line? If it
> works after removing several entries then that would suggest it is indeed a
> length limit issue.
>
> Jeff Duda
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Kiswendsida Hyacinthe Guigma <
> K.Guigma at sussex.ac.uk<mailto:K.Guigma at sussex.ac.uk>> wrote:
> Hi grads-users!
> I have many Netcdf files into one folder that I want to plot using grads.
> Each file contains 111 variables and the X and Y dimensions are the same
> for them all.  They don't contain time nor level dimension. ncdump gives me
> the following result:
> netcdf IND2_ERA_1_1_HImax_4d_95perc_stat {
> dimensions:
>         lon = 71 ;
>         lat = 31 ;
> variables:
>         double lon(lon) ;
>                 lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
>                 lon:long_name = "lon" ;
>                 lon:axis = "X" ;
>         double lat(lat) ;
>                 lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
>                 lat:long_name = "lat" ;
>                 lat:axis = "Y" ;
>         float int(lat, lon) ;
>                 int:units = "deg_C" ;
>                 int:_FillValue = 1.e+32f ;
>                 int:long_name = "Mean intensity" ;
>         float int1(lat, lon) ;
>                 int1:units = "deg_C" ;
>                 int1:_FillValue = 1.e+32f ;
>                 int1:long_name = "Mean intensity in January" ;
>         float int2(lat, lon) ;
>                 int2:units = "deg_C" ;
>                 int2:_FillValue = 1.e+32f ;
>                 int2:long_name = "Mean intensity in February" ;
>         float int3(lat, lon) ;
>                 int3:units = "deg_C" ;
>                 int3:_FillValue = 1.e+32f ;
>                 int3:long_name = "Mean intensity in March" ;
>         float int4(lat, lon) ;
>
>
> .......}
> It is possible for me to read each one of them using sdfopen. But when it
> comes to open them with xdfopen using the TEMPLATE option, it gives me this
> error message:
>
> gadxdf error: Missing or invalid dimension size.
>
>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>
>   --> edef 24 names min_3d_90perc min_4d_90perc min_5d_90percperc
> min_6d_90perc min_3d_95percperc min_4d_95perc min_5d_95perc min_6d_95perc
> min_3d_99perc min_4d_99perc min_5d_99perc min_6d_99perc max_3d_90perc
> max_4d_90perc max_5d_90perc max_6d_90perc max_3d_95perc max_4d_95perc
> max_5d_95perc max_6d_95perc max_3d_99perc max_4d_99perc max_5d_99perc
> max_6d_99perc
>
>   The data file was not opened.
>
> This is my ctl script:
>
> DSET    /research/geog/data2/DATA/kg312/Fortran/IND2_ERA_1_1_%e_stat.nc<
> http://e_stat.nc>
> DTYPE NETCDF
> OPTIONS template
> EDEF 24 NAMES min_3d_90perc min_4d_90perc min_5d_90percperc min_6d_90perc
> min_3d_95percperc min_4d_95perc min_5d_95perc min_6d_95perc min_3d_99perc
> min_4d_99perc min_5d_99perc min_6d_99perc max_3d_90perc max_4d_90perc
> max_5d_90perc max_6d_90perc max_3d_95perc max_4d_95perc max_5d_95perc
> max_6d_95perc max_3d_99perc max_4d_99perc max_5d_99perc max_6d_99perc
> VARS 111
> int 1 99 int
> int1 1 99 int1
> int2 1 99 int2
> int3 1 99 int3
> ....
> ENDVARS
>
> I really don't understand that. Is is because my netCDF files are 2D (if
> this was a problem I don't think I would be able to open them using
> sdfopen)?
> Your help is more than welcome.
>
> Cheers
>
> GUIGMA
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Jeff Duda, Research Scientist

University of Colorado Boulder

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

NOAA/OAR/ESRL/Global Systems Division
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