<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The syntax of your descriptor file TES_data.ctl is incorrect. Please read <a href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a> carefully. <div><br></div><div><div>dset ^TES-Aura_L2-CO-Nadir_2006-06_L2v005_Litev003.nc</div><div>title TES</div><div>undef -999.f</div><div>dtype netcdf</div><div>xdef 360</div><div>ydef 180</div><div>zdef 14</div><div>TDEF 00:00Z01Jun2006</div><div>VARS</div><div><br></div><div>Also, I'm not sure whether Aura L2 data is gridded or swath data. If it is swath data, then GrADS is not the right tool. </div><div>--Jennifer</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Nov 27, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Jonathan Wynn Smith wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hello<br>I have attached the following GrADs scripts. I can not
overlay ECMWF Reanalysis (open with sdfopen) data over TES Carbon
monoxide. The ECMWF uses the "sdfopen" command and TES just uses
"open." The seemingly simple fix placing the commands one right after the other: <br><br>"sdfopen <a href="http://filename.nc/">filename.nc</a>"<br>"open filename2.ctl"<br><br>"d var"<br>
<br>d var.2"<br><br><br>does not work. I have attached my script and the control file for the TES
data. I get the error message saying that data associated with the TES
file (thata variable is co.2) cannot be open. See below:<br>
<br>ga-> co_TES.gs <br>No hardcopy metafile open<br>All files closed; all defined objects released;<br>All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized<br>Error: nc_open failed to open file /Users/jonathanwsmith/TES_hdf.<div id=":6x">
ctl<br>
NetCDF: Unknown file format<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>Data Request Error: File number out of range <br> Variable = co.2 <br> Error ocurred at column 2<br>DISPLAY error: Invalid expression <br> Expression = (co.2)*1000000000<br>
Cannot plot color bar: No shading information<br>Data Request Error: File number out of range <br> Variable = co.2 <br> Error ocurred at column 2<br>DISPLAY error: Invalid expression <br> Expression = (co.2)*1000000000<br>
Hardcopy output file is closed <br>ga-> <br><br>I know I have submitted this issue to grads before but am still struggling. Any guidance would be GREATLY appreciated.<br>Thanks<br>Jonathan<br></div>
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