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Dear <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
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medium;">Jonathan,<br>
<br>
Our sample ctl is correct. Simply change June to Jun in your ctl
and it should work. <br>
<br>
If you have further questions, please let us know.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
-Zhong<br>
</span><br>
On 3/3/2011 3:57 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:3A2F50C6-8E00-4FC0-BCE3-9CCA771FF7DE@nasa.gov"
type="cite"><base href="x-msg://16/">Can you provide help with
this message to the gradsusr mail list? Our control file for the
Global-merged IR doesn't seem to be working for him.<br>
<div><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:
'Helvetica'; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:
</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica';
font-size: medium;">"SMITH, JONATHAN WYNN. (GSFC-6133)"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jonathan.smith@nasa.gov">jonathan.smith@nasa.gov</a>><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:
'Helvetica'; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Date:
</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica';
font-size: medium;">March 3, 2011 12:13:51 PM MST<br>
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href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>
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font-size: medium;"><b>[gradsusr] (no subject)</b><br>
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font-size: medium;">GrADS Users Forum <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Hello,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">I am having trouble
opening the globally-merged TRMM IR data files with
grads. I recently downloaded all o f the files for
June of 2006 from: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&dataset=Global-merged%20IR%20Brightness%20Temperature%20Data&project=TRMM&dataGroup=Ancillary&version=001&CGISESSID=559e198c73b9961d223704eaaa07b51a"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&dataset=Global-merged%20IR%20Brightness%20Temperature%20Data&project=TRMM&dataGroup=Ancillary&version=001&CGISESSID=559e198c73b9961d223704eaaa07b51a</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">I am using the
script and .ctl file attached. In the script I desire
to plot TRMM data and then plot lightning from the
WWLLN.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">I have carefully
checked to see that the files to be opened are in the
correct paths:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">I am getting the
following errors after running
lightning_trmm_00zJune01.gs:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman',serif;">Open Error: Missing or invalid
dimension starting value</span><br>
--> The invalid description file record is:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
--> TDEF 1000000 LINEAR 02z01June2006 30mn<br>
<br>
The data file was not opened.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
SET Error: No files open yet<br>
SET Error: No files open yet<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The .ctl is in a
format suggested by the following site:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/Globally_merged_IR.shtml"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/Globally_merged_IR.shtml</a><br
clear="all">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Any suggestions on
how to get the grads script to open the files would be
great.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Thanks<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Jonathan Wynn Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><i>Student Trainee,
WRF-Chem Modeling and Long-range transport<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jonathan.smith@nasa.gov"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">jonathan.smith@nasa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></u></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">NASA-Goddard Space
Flight Center<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Code
613.3-Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Greenbelt, MD<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">301-614-5956<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><i>Doctoral
Candidate<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jw_smith@bison.howard.edu"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">jw_smith@bison.howard.edu</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Howard University
Program in Atmospheric Sciences<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Washington, DC<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Zhong Liu, Ph.D.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Zhong.Liu-1@nasa.gov">Zhong.Liu-1@nasa.gov</a>
George Mason University and
NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and
Information Services Center
NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2
Greenbelt. MD. 20771 U.S.A.
(301) 614-5764 (voice)
(301) 614-5268 (fax)
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/trmm_quikscat_analysis.shtml">http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/trmm_quikscat_analysis.shtml</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/agriculture/ais_sup/current_conditions.shtml">http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/agriculture/ais_sup/current_conditions.shtml</a></pre>
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