Hi there,<br><br>I think you better check which data you would like to use. I checked your URL "<span style="font-size:12pt"></span><a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version6.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf" target="_blank">http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version6.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf"</a> but in reality, there is no Version6.0 under the path pathfinder. I think that's why you obtain this server error.<br>
Try using other data and see whether you still have problem or not.<br><br>Below is the list under the pathfinder:<br><br><table width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><th align="left">Name</th>
<th align="center">Last Modified</th>
<th align="center">Size</th>
<th align="center">Response Links</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/">Parent Directory/</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/CoralAtlas/contents.html">CoralAtlas/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2010-12-07T18:19:46</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/NOAA17_18_Overlap/contents.html">NOAA17_18_Overlap/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2008-08-07T19:33:12</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/NODC_QuikSCAT_Winds/contents.html">NODC_QuikSCAT_Winds/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2005-04-29T18:32:55</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/PFV52_PublicReview/contents.html">PFV52_PublicReview/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2011-04-29T14:49:33</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/README.WARNING">README.WARNING</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-06-25T18:29:01</td>
<td align="right">888</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/UserRequests/contents.html">UserRequests/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2011-04-25T15:59:22</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0/contents.html">Version5.0/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2011-01-03T22:19:03</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0_Climatologies/contents.html">Version5.0_Climatologies/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-07-27T14:51:58</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0_CloudScreened/contents.html">Version5.0_CloudScreened/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2010-12-10T16:53:07</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0_PentadMaxMin/contents.html">Version5.0_PentadMaxMin/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2007-07-27T12:12:00</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0_interim/contents.html">Version5.0_interim/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-03-25T21:28:41</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0_interim_NOAA18/contents.html">Version5.0_interim_NOAA18/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-05-07T17:58:41</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.1/contents.html">Version5.1/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-04-08T18:26:29</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.1_CloudScreened/contents.html">Version5.1_CloudScreened/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2010-12-10T16:53:18</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/checksums/contents.html">checksums/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-08-11T19:00:39</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/forensics/contents.html">forensics/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-04-20T14:58:33</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/pathfinder_junk/contents.html">pathfinder_junk/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2005-11-28T19:09:40</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/safekeep/contents.html">safekeep/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2009-07-17T14:13:10</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/testdata/contents.html">testdata/</a>
</td>
<td align="center">2011-06-03T15:22:39</td>
<td align="right">-</td>
<td align="center">
-
-
-
-
-
-
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Serge<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/17 Arlindo da Silva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/17 Namba Takaya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:takayanamba@hotmail.com" target="_blank">takayanamba@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:12pt">Dear Sir</span><div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">I use rads 2.0.a9 under mac os X 10.6.3.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt">I tried to open the file of noaa opendap server as follows,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">sdfopen <a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version6.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf" target="_blank">http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version6.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">However, I can not succeed to open it and the error comes like</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><div>
<span style="font-size:12pt">Error: nc_open failed to open file <a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version6.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf" target="_blank">http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version6.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt">NetCDF: DAP server error</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16px">Could you tell me how to solve this problem?</span></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16px">Best Regards,</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16px">Takaya Namba<u></u></span></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">The result of dncdump is</span></div><div>
<span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">bash-3.2# dncdump -h "<a href="http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf" target="_blank">http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/pathfinder/Version5.0/Monthly/1985/198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b.hdf</a>" |less</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">netcdf 198501.s04m1pfv50-bsst-16b { // format variant: 64bit </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">dimensions:</span></div><div>
<span style="font-size:12pt"> lat!
= 4096 ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> lon = 8192 ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">variables:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> short bsst(lat, lon) ;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_PixelType = 1b ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_PixelSize = 2b ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_Flag = 0s ;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_nBits = 16s ;</span><u></u><div><span style="font-size:12pt">&nb
sp; bsst:dsp_LineSize = 0 ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_cal_name = "Temperature" ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:units = "Temp" ;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_cal_eqnNumber = 2s ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_cal_CoeffsLength = 8s ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:dsp_cal_coeffs = 0.075f, -3.f ;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt">!
bsst:scale_factor = 0.075f ;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"> bsst:add_off = -3.f ;</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is not COARDS compliant: coordinate variables are missing. Try creating a DDF or ctl for it. Read this section of the User's Guide:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html" target="_blank">http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Arlindo</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>
<div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div> </div></div>
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