I encountered this type of problem before and if I remembered correctly it was due to the incorrect installation (or corrupted file) of gribmap/grads software.<br>Your .ctl file appears OK with the "dtype grib2" data descriptor <br>
I suggest that you reinstall the software.<br><br>Garut<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Jennifer Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">Two comments inline. --Jennifer<div><br><div><div class="im">
<div>On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Javier Peña wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear Wesley:<br><br>Could you kindly say to me where I can find the gribmap v2? <br></blockquote></div>There is only one gribmap, it handles both grib 1 and 2. </div>
<div><div class="im"><br><blockquote type="cite">Now, I am using ubuntu 10.1 and I have downdoad the GRADS version 2.0.a7.1-3 from the software center.<br><br>Thanks for your help.<br><br> kind regards:<br>Javier Peña<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/9/20 Wesley Ebisuzaki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Wesley.Ebisuzaki@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Wesley.Ebisuzaki@noaa.gov</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Javier,<br> <br> The error message<br> <div><br> > Open Error: Data file type invalid<br> > --> The invalid description file record is:<br> > --> dtype grb2<br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div>
This looks like a simple typo. Try changing "grb2" to "grib2"</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div> </div>says that you either are using gribmap v1 or gribmap v2 that was compiled<br> without grib2 support. Most likely the former.<br> <br> Wesley Ebisuzaki<br> <div><br> <br> <br> Javier Peña wrote:<br> > Dear users:<br>
><br> > I'm trying to open a grib2 file with Grads but I've found problems in<br> > my way.<br> ><br> > I have been able to create a descriptor file with the function<br> </div>> <a href="http://g2ctl.pl" target="_blank">g2ctl.pl</a> <<a href="http://g2ctl.pl" target="_blank">http://g2ctl.pl</a>> using the following sentence:<br>
><br> > perl <a href="http://g2ctl.pl" target="_blank">g2ctl.pl</a> <<a href="http://g2ctl.pl" target="_blank">http://g2ctl.pl</a>> -0 pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112.grb2 ><br> <div><div></div><div>> pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112_grib2.ctl<br>
><br> > but, when I've tried to create the index file with the function<br> > gribmap, I have obtained the following error message:<br> ><br> > gribmap -i pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112_grib2.ctl<br> > Open Error: Data file type invalid<br>
> --> The invalid description file record is:<br> > --> dtype grb2<br> > The data file was not opened.<br> ><br> > This is part of the descriptor file obtained:<br> ><br> > dset ^pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112.grb2<br>
> index ^pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112.grb2.idx<br> > undef 9.999E+20<br> > title pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112.grb2<br> > * produced by g2ctl v0.0.8.2<br> > * command line options: -0 pgbhnl.gdas.2006020112.grb2<br> > * griddef=1:0:(720 x 361):grid_template=0:winds(N/S): lat-lon<br>
> grid:(720 x 361) units 1e-06 input WE:NS output WE:SN res 48 lat<br> > 90.000000 to -90.000000 by 0.500000 lon 0.000000 to 359.500000 by<br> > 0.500000 #points=259920:winds(N/S)<br> ><br> > dtype grib2<br>
> ydef 361 linear -90.000000 0.5<br> > xdef 720 linear 0.000000 0.500000<br> > tdef 1 linear 12Z01feb2006 1mo<br> > * PROFILE hPa<br> > zdef 37 levels 100000 97500 95000 92500 90000 87500 85000 82500 80000<br>
> 77500 75000 70000 65000 60000 55000 50000 45000 40000 35000 30000<br> > 25000 22500 20000 17500 15000 12500 10000 7000 5000 3000 2000 1000 700<br> > 500 300 200 100<br> > options pascals<br> > vars 95<br>
> no4LFTXsfc 0,1,0 0,7,193 ** surface Best (4 layer) Lifted Index [K]<br> > no5WAVA500mb 0,100,50000 0,3,197 ** 500 mb 5-Wave Geopotential<br> > Height Anomaly [gpm]<br> > no5WAVH500mb 0,100,50000 0,3,193 ** 500 mb 5-Wave Geopotential<br>
> Height [gpm]<br> ><br> > Does someone know what is the problem? What is wrong in my procedure?<br> > and how can I create the index file?<br> ><br> > Thank you very much in advance for your help.<br> ><br>
> Sincerely:<br> > Javier Peña<br> ><br> > --<br> > Javier Peña Álvarez<br> > Energías Renovables<br> </div></div>> <a href="mailto:javier.p@ereda.com" target="_blank">javier.p@ereda.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:javier.p@ereda.com" target="_blank">javier.p@ereda.com</a>><br>
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