<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have a copy of this file and I am not able to reproduce this error. I suggest you retrieve it again, perhaps from the original source instead of ICTP, or else you can notify the administrator of the clima-dods server that something is wrong with that file. <div><br></div><div>My xdfopen-style descriptor for this data set (which includes all times from 186101 through 200512) is printed below. Although the file has a 365-day calendar, it is not necessary to add that to the descriptor OPTIONS because it is monthly data. But you absolutely do need a complete TDEF entry and the CHSUB entries are also required because there is no 5-year template substitution string. </div><div>--Jennifer</div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">DSET /data/cmip5/data/historical/atmos/mon/Amon/pr/NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-ESM2M/r1i1p1/pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_%ch.nc</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">OPTIONS template</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">TDEF time 1740 linear 01jan1861 1mo</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1 60 186101-186512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 61 120 186601-187012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 121 180 187101-187512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 181 240 187601-188012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 241 300 188101-188512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 301 360 188601-189012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 361 420 189101-189512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 421 480 189601-190012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 481 540 190101-190512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 541 600 190601-191012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 601 660 191101-191512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 661 720 191601-192012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 721 780 192101-192512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 781 840 192601-193012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 841 900 193101-193512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 901 960 193601-194012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 961 1020 194101-194512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1021 1080 194601-195012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1081 1140 195101-195512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1141 1200 195601-196012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1201 1260 196101-196512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1261 1320 196601-197012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1321 1380 197101-197512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1381 1440 197601-198012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1441 1500 198101-198512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1501 1560 198601-199012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1561 1620 199101-199512</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1621 1680 199601-200012</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CHSUB 1681 1740 200101-200512</span></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div>On Feb 20, 2014, at 8:56 AM, Kanhu Charan Pattnayak wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear All, </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I downloaded the GFDL-ESM2M rainfall data (pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_186101-186512.nc) from the following website</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><a href="http://clima-dods.ictp.it/data/d8/cordex/CMIP5/monthly/hist/GFDL-ESM2M/pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_186101-186512.nc" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://clima-dods.ictp.it/data/d8/cordex/CMIP5/monthly/hist/GFDL-ESM2M/pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_186101-186512.nc</a><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br clear="all"><div>But I am not able to open this file in grads.</div><div>The following errors are coming</div><div><br></div><div>While ncdump</div><div><br></div><div><div>ncdump -h pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc</div>
<div>ncdump: pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc: NetCDF: Unknown file format</div></div><div>I </div><div><br></div><div>in GrADS</div><div><br></div><div><div>ga-> sdfopen pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc</div>
<div>Scanning self-describing file: pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc</div><div>Error: nc_open failed to open file pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_200101-200512.nc</div><div>NetCDF: Unknown file format</div>
<div>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.</div></div><div><br></div><div>I also used control file(attached with this mail) still not able to plot this data. </div><div><br></div><div><div>ga-> open test.ctl </div>
<div>Scanning description file: test.ctl</div><div>Data file pr_Amon_GFDL-ESM2M_historical_r1i1p1_%<a href="http://ch.nc/" target="_blank">ch.nc</a> is open as file 1</div><div>LON set to 0 360 </div><div>LAT set to -89 89 </div>
<div>LEV set to 0 0 </div><div>Time values set: 1861:1:15:12 1861:1:15:12 </div><div>E set to 1 1 </div><div>ga-> d pr</div><div>Cannot contour grid - all undefined values </div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
Kindly suggest me how to use this data. </div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Kanhu Charan Pattnayak (Research Scholar)<br>Room No.311, Block - VI<br>Centre for Atmospheric Sciences<br>IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas<br>New Delhi - 110 016<br>
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