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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i>With the following MOPITT control file setting:<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dset ^MOP03M-200003-L3V92.0.1.hdf<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>title MOPITT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>undef -9999<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dtype hdfsds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>xdef 360 linear 0 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ydef 180 linear 0 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>zdef 1 linear 1 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tdef 1 LINEAR 01APR2000 1mo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>vars 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Retrieved~CO~Total~Column~Day=>tcm 0 y,x CO Total Column Day <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>endvars<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>I get the error below:<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>gadxdf error: Missing or invalid dimension size.<br> --> The invalid description file record is: <br> --> xdef 360 linear 0 1 <br> The data file was not opened.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I also set <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>xdef 360 linear -179.5 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>xdef 360 linear -180 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>xdef 360 linear 1 1 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and I get the same error as above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Any help is greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jonathan Wynn Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Student Trainee<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>jonathan.smith@nasa.gov<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Code 613.3-Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greenbelt, MD 20771<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>301-614-5956<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Doctoral Candidate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>jonathan.smith@bison.howard.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2355 6th St NW/408 Thirkield Bldg.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Washington, DC 20059<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> Partha Bhattacharjee [mailto:perths3@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> SMITH, JONATHAN WYNN. (GSFC-6133)<br><b>Subject:</b> MOPITT read in GrADS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi John,<br><br> After reading Arlindo's e-mail, you may find this script helpful for MOPITT V4 Level-3 data read in GrADS :<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>dset ^MOP03M-200003-L3V92.0.1.hdf<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>title MOPITT<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>undef -9999<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>dtype hdfsds<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>xdef 360 linear -179.5 1.0<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ydef 180 linear -89.5 1.0<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>zdef 1 linear 1 1<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>tdef 1 LINEAR 01APR2000 1mo<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>vars 1<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Retrieved~CO~Total~Column~Day=>tcm 0 y,x CO Total Column Day <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>endvars<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>This script should read any level-3 daily or monthly file of MOPITT . However, for level-2 dataset, GrADS may not be that reliable (compare to Matlab).<br><br> Partha<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>