<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>On Jul 5, 2012, at 2:14 PM, You, Yalei wrote:</div><div><div><div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; ">Dear Jennifer,<br><br>Thank you so much for the help.<br>1. I am trying to get HDF4.2r3, but look likes I cannot ftp the file, Here is what I did:<br>***********<br><span class="code">ftp<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://iges.org/">iges.org</a><br>***********<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Connected to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://iges.org/">iges.org</a>.<br>500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/web/colaftp<br>ftp><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="code"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt;">Also, when I click"</span></font><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "> </span></span><a href="ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/Supplibs/2.1/src/HDF4.2r3.tar.gz" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">local copy of source code</a><span class="code" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">", it asks the name and passcode, I put "anynomous", it won't work.<br></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Oops, I have to update supplibs.html. Our ftp server has moved. Try this instead -- <a href="ftp://cola.gmu.edu/grads/Supplibs/2.0/src/HDF4.2r3.tar.gz">ftp://cola.gmu.edu/grads/Supplibs/2.0/src/HDF4.2r3.tar.gz</a></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="code" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br>2. The Grads on my pc come with Ubuntu, so I guess it is not easy to change the default software. Do you know any version of Grads which can read hdf4, that way I can install it on my pc.<br></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Did you try <a href="ftp://cola.gmu.edu/grads/2.0/grads-2.0.1-bin-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz">ftp://cola.gmu.edu/grads/2.0/grads-2.0.1-bin-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz</a> (for 32-bit linux)?</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><span class="code"><br>Thanks again.<br><br>Yalei<br></span><br><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF729209" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>] on behalf of Jennifer Adams [<a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:48 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GrADS Users Forum<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [gradsusr] Grads cannot open MERRA HDF file<br></font><br></div><div></div><div>Your build is not enabled to handle hdf4 files, only hdf5. Please have a look at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/supplibs.html" target="_blank">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/supplibs.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for help on building HDF4.2r3. <div>--Jennifer<br><div><br><div><div>On Jul 5, 2012, at 12:51 PM, You, Yalei wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; ">Thank you very much.<br><br>Here is the information after I use "q config", also I posted the information after I typed grads under Ubuntu<br>***********************************************<br>Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.a9<br>Copyright (c) 1988-2010 by Brian Doty and the<br>Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)<br>GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY<br>See file COPYRIGHT for more information<br><br>Config: v2.0.a9 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf5 shapefile<br>Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information<br>Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait): <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>ga-> q config<br>Config: v2.0.a9 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf5 shapefile<br>Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.a9<br>Copyright (c) 1988-2010 by Brian Doty and the<br>Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>See file COPYRIGHT for more information.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Built Tue May 31 08:58:09 UTC 2011 for i686-pc-linux-gnu<br><br>This version of GrADS has been configured with the following options:<br> o Built on a LITTLE ENDIAN machine<br> o Athena Widget GUI DISABLED<br> o Command line editing ENABLED<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html" target="_blank">http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> o printim command for image output ENABLED<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.zlib.net/" target="_blank">http://www.zlib.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html" target="_blank">http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.libgd.org/Main_Page" target="_blank">http://www.libgd.org/Main_Page</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> o GRIB2 interface ENABLED<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ijg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ijg.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper" target="_blank">http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2" target="_blank">http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> g2clib-1.2.2 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> o NetCDF interface ENABLED<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf" target="_blank">http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> netcdf 4.1.1 of Sep 11 2011 12:47:31 $ <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> o OPeNDAP gridded data interface DISABLED<br> o OPeNDAP station data interface DISABLED<br> o HDF5 interface ENABLED<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://hdfgroup.org/" target="_blank">http://hdfgroup.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> HDF5 1.8.4<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> o GeoTIFF and KML/TIFF output DISABLED<br> o KML contour output ENABLED<br> o Shapefile interface ENABLED<br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://shapelib.maptools.org/" target="_blank">http://shapelib.maptools.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>For additional information please consult<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://iges.org/grads" target="_blank">http://iges.org/grads</a><br><br><br><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF396255" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>] on behalf of Jennifer Adams [<a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org" target="_blank">jma@cola.iges.org</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:40 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GrADS Users Forum<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [gradsusr] Grads cannot open MERRA HDF file<br></font><br></div><div></div><div><div>I downloaded the file and was able to open it with sdfopen without any problems. Based on these clues:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Open Error: Data file type invalid<br> --> The invalid description file record is:<br> --> DTYPE hdfsds<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; ">Attempt to use feature that was not turned on when netCDF was built.<br></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I believe the problem lies in your particular GrADS build, especially the hdf library. Can you send the output from 'q config'? </div><div>--Jennifer</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Jennifer M. Adams</div><div>IGES/COLA</div><div>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</div><div>Calverton, MD 20705</div><div><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org" target="_blank">jma@cola.iges.org</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></span></div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>gradsusr mailing list<br><a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br><a href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr" target="_blank">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Jennifer M. 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