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Hi,
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<br />have you run the gribmap utility before opening GrADS?
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<br />gribmap -i <font size="2">first.ctl
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<br />I hope it helps.
<br />Ricardo
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<br /><font size="2"><b>On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:31:44 -0400, luis blacutt wrote</b>
<br />> Dear Grads
users,
<br />>
<br />> I'm writing a ctl file to open 12 files,
<br />>
<br />> baseline1pmg2jantp.grb
<br />> baseline1pmg2febtp.grb
<br />> and so
on
<br />>
<br />> my ctl file is as follows:
<br />>
<br />> dset
^baseline1pmg2%mctp.grb
<br />>
index ^baseline1pmg2%mctp.grb.idx
<br />> options template
<br />> undef
9.999E+20
<br />> title Temperature at 1.5 m
<br />> * produced by LFA
0.3
<br />>
dtype grib 255
<br />> options yrev
<br />> ydef 37 linear -23.960000
0.439
<br />> xdef 36 linear -72.240000 0.440000
<br />> tdef 12 linear
00Z01jan1962 1mo
<br />> zdef 1 linear 1 1
<br />> vars 1
<br />> s03236 0
236,105,0 **
<br />> ENDVARS
<br />>
<br />> As for now I'm trying to open
only 12 files, with one variable, the error I get is:
<br />>
<br />> Scanning
description file: first.ctl
<br />> Open Error: Can't open Station/Index
map file baseline1pmg2%mctp.grb.idx
<br />> The data file was not opened.
<br />>
<br />> What can I do?
<br />>
<br />> Thanks in advance
<br />>
<font color="#888888">Luis
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<br />
<br />Ricardo Hallak
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<br />
Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DCA)
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Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG)
<br />
University of São Paulo (USP)
<br />
Rua do Matão, 1226 - Cidade Universitária - São Paulo SP 05508-900
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Phone.: +55 (11) 3091-2834
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Fax: +55 (11) 3091-4714
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