<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
<jma@COLA.IGES.ORG></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
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