<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">In the ncdump output, you have this: <div><div> float mslp(record, levels_1, y, x) ;</div><div><br></div><div>which means the variable has 4 dimensions, so you need to change your variable declaration in the descriptor file from</div><div><div> mslp=>mslp 1 Y,X Mean Sea Level Pressure (Pa)</div></div><div>to </div><div><div> mslp=>mslp 1 t,z,y,x Mean Sea Level Pressure (Pa)</div></div><div><br></div><div>Similar changes may be required for other variables. Also, it isn't necessary to alias the variable name to the identical thing. The native varname is compliant with GrADS requirements, so you can change "mslp=>mslp" to just "mslp". </div><div><br></div><div>--Jennifer</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 19, 2010, at 3:00 PM, <a href="mailto:Brian.Hoeth@noaa.gov">Brian.Hoeth@noaa.gov</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hello,<br><br>I'm having troubles displaying data from a netcdf file. I'm sure there is an error in my index file, but I just don't know what I'm missing?<br><br>I've attached the output of ncdump -c (ncdump.txt), my control file (adas_ncdf.ctl), and my grads session (gradsout.txt).<br><br>Thanks in advance for your help!<br><br>Brian Hoeth<br>NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group<br>Johnson Space Center<br>Houston, TX<br>281-483-3246 <br><br><br><br><span><adas_ncdf.ctl></span><span><gradsout.txt></span><span><ncdump.txt></span>_______________________________________________<br>gradsusr mailing list<br><a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 12px; "><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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div> </div><br></div></div></body></html>