On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Prof. Ranyere Nobrega <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rs_nobrega@yahoo.com.br">rs_nobrega@yahoo.com.br</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><span><div>Can I open TRMM HDF files directly on the Grads? There is no file descriptor.</div><div>Sample file</div></span></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
<a href="ftp://disc2.nascom.nasa.gov/ftp/data/s4pa//TRMM_L2/TRMM_2A25.6/2007/007/2A25.070108.52121.6.HDF.Z" target="_blank">ftp://disc2.nascom.nasa.gov/ftp/data/s4pa//TRMM_L2/TRMM_2A25.6/2007/007/2A25.070108.52121.6.HDF.Z</a></div>
<div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">Thank you.</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This file has level 2 (swath type) data and therefore not well suited for GrADS. Level 3 data are often on a lat-lon grid and even if the HDF file is not COARDS compliant you can write a DDF to guide GrADS.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A single Level 2 file can in principle be read in GrADS with the appropriate PDEF, but it is just too much trouble.</div><div><br></div><div> Arlindo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>
<font face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif" size="6" color="#006600"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"></span><span></span><span></span>Arlindo da Silva</font><br><font size="4"><i><a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a></i></font><br>