<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Grads users:<br></div>I used Grib2ctl.pl to make a Grads file from a GFS file (wgrib2 format ) i had . so i did something like this :<br><br><tt>$ <a href="http://grib2ctl.pl">grib2ctl.pl</a> grib_file >grib_file.ctl<br>
$ gribmap -i grib_file.ctl -0 <-- this is a zero<br>
$ grads<br>
Landscape mode? (no for portrait):<br>
ga-> open grib_file.ctl</tt><br><br></div>but i recieve these errors:<br><br> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.1<br>Copyright (c) 1988-2011 by Brian Doty and the<br>Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)<br>GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY<br>See file COPYRIGHT for more information<br><br>Config: v2.0.1 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 opendap-grids,stn geotiff shapefile<br>Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information<br>Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait): n<br>GX Package Initialization: Size = 8.5 11 <br>ga-> open gfs_4_20070601_0000_003.ctl <br>Scanning description file: gfs_4_20070601_0000_003.ctl<br>Warning: Invalid TDEF syntax in gfs_4_20070601_0000_003.ctl -- Changing size of T axis from -108 to 1 <br>Syntax Error: Invalid Date/Time value.<br> Hour = 51 -- greater than 23<br>Open Error: Invalid start time in tdef card starting value<br> --> The invalid description file record is: <br> --> tdef -108 linear 51Z97oct100: 7400hr<br> The data file was not opened. <br><br></div>can anyone please tell me what does this error mean ? did i edited the <a href="http://grib2ctl.pl">grib2ctl.pl</a> wrong or there is something wrong with mt GFS.grb2 initial file ?<br></div>thanks<br></div>