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Hi David,<br>
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You have to display a variable, so instead of <br>
ga-> d atmos_month.nc.0000<br>
try a variable name, e.g.,<br>
ga-> d u<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/18/14 4:56 PM, David Stanfel
wrote:<br>
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<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:
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<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>
<p style="margin:0px">
</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>
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