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<br><div><div>On Feb 13, 2008, at 5:06 PM, Wesley Ebisuzaki wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">...</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "> Not everything works</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with 2.0.a1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For example I couldn't get ecwmf thinned gaussian grids to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">work.</div></blockquote><br></div><div>Hi, Wesley -- </div><div>I made sure that I could read that gaussian_reduced.grib1 sample file you gave me. I used grib2ctl v0.9.12.5p39a to write a descriptor file and a pdef file, then I used GrADS v2 gribmap: </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div># .gribmap -e -v -i gaussian_reduced.grib1.ctl</div><div>grib1map: opening GRIB file: /Users/jma/Desktop/gaussian_reduced.grib1 </div><div>!!!!! MATCH: 1 1688688 0 255 1 0 129 100 500 1703 0 btim: 2006081712:00 tau: 12 dtim: 2006081800:00 </div><div>grib1map: reached end of files</div><div>grib1map: writing the map...</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>And then I opened and displayed it with GrADS: </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>Config: v2.0.a1 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds</div><div>Issue 'q config' command for more information.</div><div>GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5 </div><div>Scanning description file: /home/Desktop/gaussian_reduced.grib1.ctl</div><div>Data file /home/Desktop/gaussian_reduced.grib1 is open as file 1</div><div>LON set to 0 360 </div><div>LAT set to -89.828 89.828 </div><div>LEV set to 1 1 </div><div>Time values set: 2006:8:18:0 2006:8:18:0 </div><div>E set to 1 1 </div><div>Notice: Implied interpolation for file /home/Desktop/gaussian_reduced.grib1.ctl</div><div> Interpolation will be performed on any data displayed from this file</div><div>ga-> q file</div><div>File 1 : gaussian_reduced.grib1</div><div> Descriptor: /home/Desktop/gaussian_reduced.grib1.ctl</div><div> Binary: /home/Desktop/gaussian_reduced.grib1</div><div> Type = Gridded</div><div> Xsize = 1600 Ysize = 800 Zsize = 1 Tsize = 1 Esize = 1</div><div> Number of Variables = 1</div><div> z500mb 0 129 ** 500 mb Geopotential [m**2 s**-2]</div><div>ga-> d z500mb</div><div>Notice: Automatic Grid Interpolation Taking Place</div><div>Contouring: 47000 to 58000 interval 1000 </div><div>ga-> </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>What part didn't work on your end? </div><div>--Jennifer</div></div></body></html>