<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanks Leonardo and Heiner for the information. I am in touch with ECMWF and am sure they will assist me. I also downloaded the CDO software, but since it apparently works on UNIX I still have to see how to use it.<br>Incidentally I found the NCL software has an ncl_convert2nc tool which also does the job, but the explanation of the syntax is not very clear in their documentation. When I convert, when I display winds the chart does not change whether I change time or level.<br>Thanks very much, eventually I will be there.<br>Zilore<br><br></td></tr></table><br>