<div dir="ltr">So I figured out how to use a descriptor file but I am still having troubles opening the file. My descriptor file is as follows: <div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">DSET ^atmos_month.nc.0000</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">UNDEF 1.e-10</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">TITLE 6 Months Sample Model Output</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">*</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">XDEF 96 LINEAR 0.0 3.75</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">*</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">YDEF 80 GAUSR30 1</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">*</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">ZDEF 18 LEVELS 1000 950 900 850 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">250 200 150 </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">*</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">TDEF 804 LINEAR JAN0 1MO</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">*</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">VARS 7</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">u 18 0 u</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">v 18 0 v</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">w 18 0 v</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">t 18 0 v</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">sh 18 0 v</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">rh 18 0 v</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">z 18 0 v</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">ENDVARS</span><br>
</div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It was able to open it without issue:</font></span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">ga-> open cont.ctl </p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">Scanning description file: cont.ctl</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">Data file atmos_month.nc.0000 is open as file 1</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">LON set to 0 360 </p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">LAT set to -88.29 88.29 </p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">LEV set to 1000 1000 </p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">Time values set: 0:1:1:0 0:1:1:0 </p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">E set to 1 1 </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo"><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">However, I am having trouble displaying the data. I tried to use the display command (d) with this result:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">ga-> d atmos_month.nc.0000</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">
Syntax error: Bad file number for variable atmos_month </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo"> Error ocurred at column 1</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo">DISPLAY error: Invalid expression </p>
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</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo"> Expression = atmos_month.nc.0000</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;font-family:Menlo"><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Is my syntax off?</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></p><p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">David</font></p></div></div>