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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to open netcdf file in grads with following script:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dset ^./clmforc.Qian.c2006.T62.TPQW.2003-06.nc<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>options template 365_day_calendar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ydef 192 linear 0.0 1.875<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>xdef 94 linear -90.0 1.875<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tdef time 240 linear 01JUN2003 3hr<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I could open some file with this method. But, for some files I am getting this error message: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--> The invalid description file record is: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--> ydef 192 linear 0.0 1.87<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The data file was not opened.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone help on what could be the reason? If I remove ydef and xdef(because I could open some files even without xdef and ydef), I still get the error message: SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Sagar Prasad Parajuli<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Graduate Student/Research Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Jackson School of Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>1 University Station C1100, JGB 5.322<br>Austin, TX 78712<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Contact: <a href="mailto:psagar@utexas.edu"><span style='color:#E36C0A'>psagar@utexas.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Cell: 512 965 4093<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=80 height=40 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CDB149.CEBEEB80" alt=texas-longhorn-logo><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>