Hi Antoine,<br><br>There was a data ingest problem identified after the original files were released. The data were reprocessed and re-released with and increment to the version number of the file name. The updates mailing list was informed at the time the data was changed (which is why we recommend users to sign up for it), but you've acquired the data well after the fact.<br>
<br>I think I've used separately symbolic links and the CHSUB ctl command to get around that variation in the filename structures.<br><br>If you go back in time you'll also find that the different processing streams have different version numbers. So far, those are the only times the version characters of the file names change.<br>
<br>Mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Molin Antoine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antoine.molin@poweo.com">antoine.molin@poweo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<u></u>
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
Hi,<br>
<br>
Thank you a lot; it is working with Template and xdfopen; for wind
energy, we are working on ~ 10 years of data.<br>
<br>
just a small problem: for 3 months (june to august;, 2010), Merra
data have another name; that must be another run, i think.<br>
Best regards.<br>
Antoine<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Le 04/10/2011 15:49, Arlindo da Silva a écrit :
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Molin Antoine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antoine.molin@poweo.com" target="_blank">antoine.molin@poweo.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<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 text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Hi,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your answer.<br>
<br>
I tasted your cooking, and it is good; but we would like to
get the MERRA data at the resolution 2/3 ° x 0.5°. <br>
<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For the record, this should not make a difference. Here is
the lats4d syntax to bring about a week of data with these:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>% lats4d.sh -i <a href="http://goldsmr2.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/dods/MAT1NXSLV" target="_blank">http://goldsmr2.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov:80/dods/MAT1NXSLV</a>
-vars slp u50m v50m t2m -time 0:30z01jan2001 23:30z07jan2001
-o merra_slv -v</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>(Notice that I used lower case "slp".) Go get a cup of
coffee and when you come back this will create a netcdf file
called "<a href="http://merra_slv.nc" target="_blank">merra_slv.nc</a>";
use the -format option to choose another format.</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> So i downloaded the
Merra data, hdf files, with the variables SLP, U50m, V50m
and T2m.<br>
<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> * the variable SLP is
not recognized by Grads! </div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The attached file does not have SLP. Please file a bug
report with the M-DISC.</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">(the variable "SLP" is
on the Merra site:
<a href="http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/FTPSubset.pl?LOOKUPID_List=MAT1NXSLV" target="_blank">http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/FTPSubset.pl?LOOKUPID_List=MAT1NXSLV</a>)<br>
<br>
* i tried first to read a hdf file with xdfopen, but the
written ddf (enclosed file) is not good; a
"SDF_dimension_name" is lacking, i think, for TDEF; but how
do you name this dimension_name? and how do you scan a hdf
file?<br>
<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Did you create this ctl file or it came with the data? The
attached ctl is wrong as it mixes elements of DDF and CTL.
Here is a templates DDF (I did not try it):</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
<div>dset ^MERRA.%y4%m2%d2.SUB.hdf</div>
<div>options template </div>
<div>tdef <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0)">time</span> 24
linear <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0)">00:30</span>Z01jan2001
1hr</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If you need a relatively short period of time, why mess
with this? Just use lats4d as above and save yourself some
work.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> Arlindo</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Thanks, and best
regards.<br>
Antoine Molin<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Le 30/09/2011 22:17, Arlindo da Silva a écrit :
<div>
<div>
<blockquote type="cite">On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:22 AM,
Molin Antoine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antoine.molin@poweo.com" target="_blank">antoine.molin@poweo.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<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 text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <br>
<div>Dear All,<br>
<br>
For wind energy in France, i would like to use
Merra data; it is in fact rather easy to get
daily files from the Nasa (enclosed <a>file:hourly</a> wind
speeds at 50m for one day, NetCDF).<br>
But then?<br>
Could you tell me how you would:<br>
* aggregate the daily files: do you use
"template"<br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Yes.</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<div> * read the aggregate files (i think we
need a descriptor file and use xdfopen or open
under grads, isn'it?; or is it better to work
with HDF files?).<br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Using a template makes it easier to work with
the HDF files.</div>
<div> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<div> * best way to eventually create the
descriptor file<br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Yes, it should be sufficient to create a DDF
file with 3 records: DSET, OPTIONS template, and
TDEF. Please read 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>Now, depending on the extent of data analysis
you need to perform it may be practical for use to
access MERRA data directly through OPeNDAP. In
fact, we have made the whole MERRA collection
on-line. There are a number of recipes in the
Cookbook explaining how to work with MERRA data,
click on this link: <a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents#NASA.2FGSFC_MERRA" target="_blank">2.6.1 NASA/GSFC MERRA</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The opengrads bundle also ships with a GUI
interface for browsing the MERRA datasets, see</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> <a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-016:_Accessing_MERRA_data_with_a_Graphical_User_Interface" target="_blank">http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-016:_Accessing_MERRA_data_with_a_Graphical_User_Interface</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Just type "merra" on the command line; under
Windows you should have a MERRA icon on your
desktop.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> Arlindo</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
-- <br>
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<a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a><br>
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