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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>That worked. Thanks for all the help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Spandana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Adams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer
supported by sdfopen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Your TDEF entry is missing the size ("Missing or
invalid dimension size"). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It should be "tdef time 1680 linear 01jan1861
1mo". <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>--Jennifer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 14, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Tummuri, Spandana wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you for the response. I have tried following the
description provided for previous queries. I created a descriptor file
and am using “xdfopen” to access the descriptor file. But looks like
there is something wrong with my “TDEF” in the descriptor file because I get an
error when I use “xdfopen”. Can anyone help me specify the correct “TDEF”?</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>1.</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>I am running Grads v 2.0.a9
and am running it on linux</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>2.</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>My descriptor file looks as
shown below.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>DSET ^test.nc</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>DTYPE netcdf</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Title GFDL data</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>UNDEF -9.99e8_FillValue</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>OPTIONS 365_day_calendar</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>TDEF time LINEAR 0Z01JAN1861 1mo</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>3.</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>The error I get when I use
xdfopen is as follows.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>ga-> xdfopen test.dat</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>Scanning Descriptor
File: test.dat</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>gadxdf error: Missing or
invalid dimension size.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'> -> The invalid
description file record is:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
--> tdef time linear 0z01jan1861 1mo</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
The data file was not opened.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>4.</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#1F497D'>Below is the output from
ncdump –c for my netcdf file</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>dimensions:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> lon = 144 ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> lat = 90 ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> time = UNLIMITED ; //
(1680 currently)</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> bnds = 2 ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>variables:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> double lon(lon) ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lon:long_name = "longitude" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lon:units = "degrees_east" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lon:axis = "X" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lon:bounds = "lon_bnds" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> double lon_bnds(lon,
bnds) ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> double lat(lat) ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lat:long_name = "latitude" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lat:units = "degrees_north" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lat:axis = "Y" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
lat:bounds = "lat_bnds" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> double lat_bnds(lat,
bnds) ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> double time(time) ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
time:standard_name = "time" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
time:long_name = "time" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
time:units = "days since 1861-01-01 00:00:00" ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
time:axis = "T" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
time:calendar = "noleap" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> double
time_bnds(time, bnds) ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> float pr(time, lat,
lon) ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
pr:standard_name = "precipitation_flux" ;</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
pr:long_name = "Precipitation" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
pr:units = "kg m-2 s-1" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
pr:cell_methods = "time: mean" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
pr:original_name = "precip" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>
pr:comment = "includes all types (rain, snow, large-scale, convective,
etc.)" ;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Spandana</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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border-width:initial;border-color:initial'>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a> [<a
href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Jennifer Adams<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tuesday, June 14,
2011 8:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [gradsusr]
SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This question has already been
answered many times in the forum. Here are just a few threads to choose from
(search string was "site:gradsusr.org 365 calendar sdfopen") :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-December/010064.html">http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-December/010064.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-April/008489.html">http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-April/008489.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-January/008103.html">http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-January/008103.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-April/013123.html">http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-April/013123.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The error message delivered by
GrADS is carefully written to give you the information you need -- you must
write a descriptor file to open this file with GrADS. Your descriptor file must
have the following entries:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>DSET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>TDEF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>OPTIONS 365_day_calendar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The link to the documentation in
the error message shows you how to create these entries, and help you decide
whether you need to use 'xdfopen' or the 'open' command. If the documentation
is incomplete in any way, I welcome suggestions for improvements. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If you read the documentation
carefully, and go through the previous emails on this subject, and still don't
understand what to do, then please follow these guidelines:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Include the version of GrADS you
are running, and the OS you are running it on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Include the output from ncdump -c
on your netcdf file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Include the descriptor file you've
written<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Include the complete text of your
GrADS session including the error message<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This is the last time I will
answer this question. <br>
--Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>On Jun 13, 2011, at 12:53 PM,
Tummuri, Spandana wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Hello Everyone,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>I was wondering if one of you would be able to tell me how you
addressed this issue.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>I am not very good at GRADS programming. I only needed to
use it to open a “.nc” file and get some values averaged over a period of
time. So I typically use the following three commands in grads.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Sdfopen “filename.nc”</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Run monmask.gs
N ……………….(N = month)</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>d ave(aave(pr*mmask, lon=lon1, lon = lon2, lat = lat1, lat =
lat2),t=time1,t=time2)</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>This worked for a few files but when I tried to use it on some
others, I get the following error</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>ga-> sdfopen pr_A1.nc</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Scanning self-describing file: pr_A1.nc</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> Documentation is at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a></span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>When I compared NCDUMP for the files for which “sdfopen” worked
with the those for which “sdfopen” did not work, I noticed that the calendar
has to be gregarian for sdfopen to work.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Can you tell me how I can open files that have “noleap”
calendars and work around the 365_day_calendar issue?</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>I greatly appreciated your help in this matter.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Thank you.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:#17365D'>Spandana</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>--</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Jennifer M. Adams</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>IGES/COLA</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>4041 Powder Mill
Road, Suite 302</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Calverton, MD 20705</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a></span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>
gradsusr mailing list<br>
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<a href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Jennifer M. Adams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>IGES/COLA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Calverton, MD 20705<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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