<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Danny,<DIV> Did you use the command 'gribmap' to get a accompany .idx file?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dr. Hai-Ru Chang</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Georgia Institute of Technology</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Atlanta, GA 30332-0340</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">tel: 404-385-4404</DIV></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:31 AM, Daniel Fritz wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>hello everyone, </DIV> <DIV> could someone help me? I have downloaded some data from the NCAR(DSS, CISL) website site because I am tracking hurricanes for a project . When I got my dataset(sept1 -30, 2005 and oct 1 -30 2005) the file is mget_ds0830_fnl.tar ........I had to untar this data and it gave me a Y62277* ......when I ran this Y62277* it was data which would be unreadable........I assume that this is a grib file...but when I tried to convert grib to ctl(Y62277*.ctl) when I opened it, there was nothing in it.....I am trying to run these files in grads......so get a display of the track of the Hurricane....am I using the right path??? after I untar this data set what is my absolute path??? when I tried to type in a script to run it in grads , there was an error....</DIV> <DIV> Danny<BR><BR><B><I>Jennifer Adams <<A href="mailto:jma@COLA.IGES.ORG">jma@COLA.IGES.ORG</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class="replbq" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Here's how the GDS does it: <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV>function gopen(dataset)</DIV> <DIV>'sdfopen 'dataset</DIV> <DIV>if (!rc); say 'file opened with sdfopen'; return; endif</DIV> <DIV>'xdfopen 'dataset</DIV> <DIV>if (!rc); say 'file opened with xdfopen'; return; endif</DIV> <DIV>'open 'dataset</DIV> <DIV>if (!rc); say 'file opened with open'; return; endif</DIV> <DIV>say "error: couldn't open " dataset</DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV>ga-> gopen file.ctl </DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV>Jennifer M. Adams</DIV> <DIV>IGES/COLA</DIV> <DIV>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</DIV> <DIV>Calverton, MD 20705</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</A></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:26 AM, <A href="mailto:bernd.becker@METOFFICE.GOV.UK">bernd.becker@METOFFICE.GOV.UK</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hello,</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Can I sway "open" to return something to figure</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">if the file.ctl in question exists or not?</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">iostat='open bob.ctl'</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">say 'iostat for bob is :'iostat</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">--> iostat for bob is : bob.ctl not found'</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">or similar.</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">many thanks,</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Bernd.</DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">--</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Bernd Becker <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The Monthly Outlook</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Met Office<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>FitzRoy Road<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Exeter <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Devon EX1 3PB<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>United Kingdom</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Tel.: +44 (0) 1392 884511 Fax: +44 (0)870 900 5050</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">E-mail:<A href="mailto:bernd.becker@metoffice.gov.uk">bernd.becker@metoffice.gov.uk</A> -<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/">http://www.metoffice.gov.uk</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> <DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto"><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><HR size="1">Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48252/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC"> mobile search that gives answers</A>, not web links.</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>