[gradsusr] gradsusr Digest, Vol 99, Issue 23

Andrew Friedman andfried at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 11:04:19 EDT 2018


Hi Saddam,

Your output appears to be on a rotated pole grid, which you have to account for in your control file. Here is some relevant documentation:
http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/map.html
http://w.gradsusr.org/grads/gadoc/pdef.html

Perhaps these posts could be helpful:
http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2010-October/028486.html
http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-February/029469.html

-Andrew





> On May 30, 2018, at 12:13 AM, Saddam M. <e.sadam91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Andrew and Kyozo
> 
> Thank you very much for your suggestions. 
> @Andrew sorry for the file not been open. It would have great if i sent the ncdump -h output initially. I attached here separately the full out put from ncdump -h.
> I actually went through some of the discussion and try to create the control file but failed to run and open using the sdfopen or xdfopen command.   
> @Kyozo yes that could be an option but you know my interest to have a data series with 365 day. Because i have a number of netcdf file with a mixed time step of 365 and 366. 
> And i want to have them in 365 day. I did that in CDO already as one of the example is the one that i converted from 366 to 365.
> 
> As i am new to the tool, my interest so far is to open the netcdf and then continue plotting the graph. 
> As information if necessary, am using the GrADS 2.0.7a in window OS.
> 
> Thank you once again.
> 
> 
> 
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>    1. Re: Descriptor file creation for 365 day calander
>       (Andrew Friedman)
>    2. Re: Descriptor file creation for 365 day calander
>       (Andrew Friedman)
>    3. Re: Descriptor file creation for 365 day calander (Kyozo Ueyoshi)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 18:45:44 +0200
> From: Andrew Friedman <andfried at gmail.com>
> To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Descriptor file creation for 365 day calander
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> Hi Saddam,
> 
> These posts discuss how to open 365-day calendar files: http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-June/030235.html 
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> > On May 27, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Saddam M. <e.sadam91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello everyone
> > 
> > I have been trying to plot a map from the netcdf file with a 365 days time step in a year using GrADS 2.0.a7 version. However, it showing me an error that 365 day calander is no longer supported and i have to add a descriptor file.  the error messages are as below;
> > 
> > gaopnc error:
> > read_metadata: gaopnc failed
> > gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
> > 
> > 
> > SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.
> >   To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with
> >   a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.
> >   Documentation is at http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I was trying to write the the control file using the template that i got from one colleague, but it was different data type from what i have and since I am new user to this software, I could not fix the problem easily.
> > 
> > I would be very glad if anyone can help me in the control file creation for the two sample data I attached here? 
> > 
> > Just as information about the attached data, 
> > - The file with name "precipitation_365_day.nc" is the original nc file with 365 day, in which i did not change anything and as i obtained from the source.
> > - In the second file with name "precipitation_adjusted_365_day_19560101-19651231.nc", it is a merged file from two nc file with different time step with 366 days. Then i have adjusted the day to be 365 since that was my interest for the time series to be. 
> > 
> > Thank you very much for your help in advance.
> > 
> > ?
> >  GrADS_example_netcdf_ploting.rar
> > ???
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> > http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
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> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 21:34:55 +0200
> From: Andrew Friedman <andfried at gmail.com>
> To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Descriptor file creation for 365 day calander
> Message-ID: <594DD79A-B347-471D-906C-AA714487122E at gmail.com>
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> 
> Also, perhaps you could post the ncdump -h output from your files?
> I am unable to open the rar file.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> > On May 28, 2018, at 6:45 PM, Andrew Friedman <andfried at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Saddam,
> > 
> > These posts discuss how to open 365-day calendar files: http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-June/030235.html 
> > 
> > -Andrew
> > 
> >> On May 27, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Saddam M. <e.sadam91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hello everyone
> >> 
> >> I have been trying to plot a map from the netcdf file with a 365 days time step in a year using GrADS 2.0.a7 version. However, it showing me an error that 365 day calander is no longer supported and i have to add a descriptor file.  the error messages are as below;
> >> 
> >> gaopnc error:
> >> read_metadata: gaopnc failed
> >> gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.
> >>  To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with
> >>  a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.
> >>  Documentation is at http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I was trying to write the the control file using the template that i got from one colleague, but it was different data type from what i have and since I am new user to this software, I could not fix the problem easily.
> >> 
> >> I would be very glad if anyone can help me in the control file creation for the two sample data I attached here? 
> >> 
> >> Just as information about the attached data, 
> >> - The file with name "precipitation_365_day.nc" is the original nc file with 365 day, in which i did not change anything and as i obtained from the source.
> >> - In the second file with name "precipitation_adjusted_365_day_19560101-19651231.nc", it is a merged file from two nc file with different time step with 366 days. Then i have adjusted the day to be 365 since that was my interest for the time series to be. 
> >> 
> >> Thank you very much for your help in advance.
> >> 
> >> ?
> >> GrADS_example_netcdf_ploting.rar
> >> ???
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> gradsusr mailing list
> >> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> >> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 13:34:59 -0700
> From: Kyozo Ueyoshi <kueyoshi at gmail.com>
> To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Descriptor file creation for 365 day calander
> Message-ID:
>         <CAGqWhQm+HHyXaQamEdcOrP8ww9bJSw=rdfQ1EBw-Bz6VD5VmeQ at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> If you have CDO installed, you can do with netcdf file
> cdo setcalendar,standard infile.nc outfile.nc
> Cheers,
> UK
> 
> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 12:34 PM, Andrew Friedman <andfried at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also, perhaps you could post the ncdump -h output from your files?
> > I am unable to open the rar file.
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
> >> On May 28, 2018, at 6:45 PM, Andrew Friedman <andfried at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Saddam,
> >>
> >> These posts discuss how to open 365-day calendar files: http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-June/030235.html
> >>
> >> -Andrew
> >>
> >>> On May 27, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Saddam M. <e.sadam91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello everyone
> >>>
> >>> I have been trying to plot a map from the netcdf file with a 365 days time step in a year using GrADS 2.0.a7 version. However, it showing me an error that 365 day calander is no longer supported and i have to add a descriptor file.  the error messages are as below;
> >>>
> >>> gaopnc error:
> >>> read_metadata: gaopnc failed
> >>> gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.
> >>>  To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with
> >>>  a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.
> >>>  Documentation is at http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I was trying to write the the control file using the template that i got from one colleague, but it was different data type from what i have and since I am new user to this software, I could not fix the problem easily.
> >>>
> >>> I would be very glad if anyone can help me in the control file creation for the two sample data I attached here?
> >>>
> >>> Just as information about the attached data,
> >>> - The file with name "precipitation_365_day.nc" is the original nc file with 365 day, in which i did not change anything and as i obtained from the source.
> >>> - In the second file with name "precipitation_adjusted_365_day_19560101-19651231.nc", it is a merged file from two nc file with different time step with 366 days. Then i have adjusted the day to be 365 since that was my interest for the time series to be.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you very much for your help in advance.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> GrADS_example_netcdf_ploting.rar
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> gradsusr mailing list
> >>> gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> >>> http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr
> >>
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> -- 
> Kyozo Ueyoshi
> 
>  e-mail: kueyoshi at gmail.com
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