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<DIV>I was unable to open the files with the different combinations of my following .ctl file:-</DIV>
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<DIV>dset ^./MYD08_D3.A%y4%j3.005.%ch.hdf<BR>*dset ^./MYD08_D3.A2003%j3.005.%ch.hdf<BR>chsub 1 1 2007081003101<BR>chsub 2 2 2007081005859<BR>options yrev template<BR>xdef XDim:mod08 360 linear -180.0 1.0<BR>ydef YDim:mod08 180 linear -90.0 1.0<BR>*tdef 2 linear 1may2003 1dy<BR>tdef TIME2DIMS:mod08 2 linear 1may2003 1dy<BR>vars 3<BR>Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_550_Land_Mean=>od_550 0 t,y,x Optical depth at 0.55 microns for land (corrected): Mean<BR>Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_550_Land_Standard_Deviation=>od_550_sd 0 t,y,x Optical depth at 0.55 microns for land (corrected): Standard Deviation<BR>Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_550_Land_Minimum=>od_550_min 0 t,y,x Optical depth at 0.55 microns for land (corrected): Minimum<BR>endvars</DIV>
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<DIV>error 1 (as %t3)</DIV>
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<DIV>ga-> xdfopen c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>Scanning Descriptor File: c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>gadxdf error: Missing or invalid dimension size.<BR> --> The invalid description file record is:<BR> --> tdef 2 linear 1may2003 1dy<BR> The data file was not opened.</DIV>
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<DIV>erro 2 (as %j3)</DIV>
<DIV>-------------------<BR>ga-> xdfopen c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>Scanning Descriptor File: c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>gadxdf error: Missing or invalid dimension size.<BR> --> The invalid description file record is:<BR> --> tdef 2 linear 1may2003 1dy<BR> The data file was not opened.</DIV>
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<DIV>error 3 (as TIME2DIMS:mod08)</DIV>
<DIV>---------------------------------------------<BR>ga-> xdfopen c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>Scanning Descriptor File: c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>gadsdf: Time dimension TIME2DIMS:mod08 is not an SDF dimension.<BR>SDF Descriptor file c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl was not successfully opened<BR> & parsed.</DIV>
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<DIV>error 4 (as %y4)</DIV>
<DIV>-----------------------<BR>ga-> xdfopen c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>Scanning Descriptor File: c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl<BR>gadsdf: Time dimension TIME2DIMS:mod08 is not an SDF dimension.<BR>SDF Descriptor file c:/homeuse/asip2/test2/mod08.ctl was not successfully opened<BR> & parsed.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Where did I go wrong ? I attach my data directory file for your reference too.</DIV>
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<DIV>Again, thank you and best regards.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ooi</DIV></td></tr></table>