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Hi there - I'd first try open them with a remote sensing package eg
envi/arc/erdas etc which may be better suited to this than grads. I
suspect that the .bil extension may be a format specific to arc, though
it could also be band interleaved by line which would also not be
readable by grads.<br>
You may though be able though to create your own descriptor file
provided the data is in a grads readable format, from the information
in the header file, have a look at the section on descriptor files in
the manual.<br>
Good Luck<br>
JP<br>
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<div>I am trying to download and view a gridded dataset of 24hr
snowfall from NOAA/NOHRSC using GrADS. So far, I've downloaded the
dataset in question, un-tarred it and briefly read through some
information about the data type. It would appear to contain 2 files,
one a text header and the other a binary raster file. Does anyone know
if GrADS will accept this as a data type, and if not, how to convert it
to something a little more "GrADS-friendly"? I've worked with binary
files in the past so I'm aware that GrADS can use binary files so long
as there is a control file specified, however I wouldn't even know
where to begin looking for or creating a control file from scratch.
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<div>The data in question can be accessed here...</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Dan</div>
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