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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hello Heiner, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thank you for your mail. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I tried 'sdfopen </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://ures.nc"><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>ures.nc</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>'
but neither grads 2.0 nor grads 1.8 recognized sdfopen. Then I prepared a
control file as below, by looking at the “CDO sinfo ures.nc”. Then
tried “xdfopen ures.ctl” but none of the grads versions recognized
xdfopen again. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>DSET ^ures.nc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>DTYPE netcdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>UNDEF -9e+33<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>XDEF dimension1 96 LINEAR 0.000000 3.750000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>YDEF dimension2 48 LEVELS -87.159 -83.479 -79.777 -76.070 -72.362
-68.652 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> -64.942 -61.232 -57.521 -53.810 -50.099 -46.389 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> -42.678 -38.967 -35.256 -31.545 -27.833 -24.122 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> -20.411 -16.700 -12.989 -9.278 -5.567 -1.856 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> 1.856 5.567 9.278 12.989 16.700 20.411 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> 24.122 27.833 31.545 35.256 38.967 42.678 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> 46.389 50.099 53.810 57.521 61.232 64.942 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> 68.652 72.362 76.070 79.777 83.479 87.159 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>ZDEF dimension3 114 LINEAR 1 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>TDEF dimension4 1 LINEAR 00:00Z00jan0000 1mn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>TITLE ures.grb T31 grid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>VARS 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>ures 114 1,100 ures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>ENDVARS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>My data is three dimensionaI and if I try to save my data in an
ASCII file in MATLAB it gives a two dimensional output. I also couldn’t
solve this problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Deniz <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <b>Im
Auftrag von </b>Heiner Körnich<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 8. November 2010 14:06<br>
<b>An:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [gradsusr] netCDF control file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Deniz,<br>
<br>
you don't nead a ctl-file to open a netcdf-file in grads. If your file follows
the COARDS-standard, then you can open it with 'sdfopen <a href="http://ures.nc">ures.nc</a>'.
If grads won't recognise it, you might want to try an older grads-version. We
had some problems here with grads 2.0 and netcdf.<br>
<br>
If grads still won't open your file, you can write a ctl-file and try to open
that with the command 'xdfopen'. The ctl-file looks a bit different from
standard ctl-files, look here:<br>
<a href="http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdxdfopen.html">http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdxdfopen.html</a><br>
<br>
Then, you would need the output from ncdump in order to know what is inside the
netcdf-file. Alternatively you can use the climate data operators (CDO) with
the command "cdo sinfo <a href="http://ures.nc">ures.nc</a>".<br>
Or in matlab, if you have the mexnc-package installed, you read the information
with <br>
info=nc_info('<a href="http://ures.nc">ures.nc</a>')<br>
Then you can access all details in info.<br>
<br>
Finally, if it is only you who will use the data, it might be simpler to write
binary output in matlab and use a standard ctl.<br>
<br>
Kind regards from Stockholm,<br>
Heiner<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Deniz Demirhan Bari <<a
href="mailto:bari@iap-kborn.de">bari@iap-kborn.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Grads users, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have calculated residual wind components
in MATLAB and saved them in netCDF file. Now I want to read them in grads but I
cannot create a netcdf control file.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><span lang=EN-US>I tried to get the output of ncdump but my computer doesn’t recognize ncdump although I installed it. </span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
lang=EN-US>I am using the latest version of Grads on a Suse Linux computer. </span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
lang=EN-US>My attempt to create a ctl file is below: </span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>*</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>DSET ^<a href="http://ures.nc"
target="_blank">ures.nc</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>DTYPE netCDF</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>XDEF 96 LINEAR 0.000000 3.750000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>YDEF 48 LEVELS -87.159 -83.479 -79.777
-76.070 -72.362 -68.652</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
-64.942 -61.232 -57.521 -53.810 -50.099 -46.389</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
-42.678 -38.967 -35.256 -31.545 -27.833 -24.122</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
-20.411 -16.700 -12.989 -9.278 -5.567 -1.856</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
1.856 5.567 9.278 12.989 16.700
20.411</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
24.122 27.833 31.545 35.256 38.967 42.678</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
46.389 50.099 53.810 57.521 61.232 64.942</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>
68.652 72.362 76.070 79.777 83.479 87.159</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>ZDEF 114 LINEAR 1 1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>TDEF 1 LINEAR 00:00Z00jan0000 1mn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>OPTIONS yrev</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>UNDEF -9e+33</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>VARS 1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>ures
114 1,100 ures</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>ENDVARS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>* </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks in advance</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Deniz DEMIRHAN BARI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik e.V.<br>
an der Universität Rostock<br>
Schlossstraße 6<br>
18225 Kühlungsborn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Heiner Körnich <br>
Dept. of Meteorology Tel: +46 8
164333<br>
Stockholms University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:heiner@misu.su.se">heiner@misu.su.se</a> <a
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