<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Try changing your TDEF entry to “TDEF time 600 linear 01jan1850 1mo”. <div>—Jennifer<div><br><div><br><div><div>On Nov 1, 2014, at 3:09 PM, aftab jajja <<a href="mailto:aftabjajja@yahoo.com">aftabjajja@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_10897"><span></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_10899"> <span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">hi</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11029">I am trying to open CCSM4 historical run .nc file with following information.</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11030"><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11203"><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11202">> cdo sinfo va_Amon_CCSM4_historical_<wbr class="" style="">r1i1p1_185001-189912.nc </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11204"> File format: netCDF</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11205"> -1 : Institut Source Ttype Levels Num Gridsize Num Dtype : Parameter ID</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11206"> 1 : unknown CCSM4 instant 17 1 55296 1 F32 : -1 </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11207"> Grid coordinates :</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11208"> 1 : lonlat > size : dim = 55296 nx = 288 ny = 192</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11209"> lon : first = 0 last = 358.75 inc = 1.25 degrees_east circular</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11210"> lat : first = -90 last = 90 inc = <a href="tel:0.942408377" value="+92942408377" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">0.942408377</a> degrees_north</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11211"> available : xbounds ybounds</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11212"> Vertical coordinates :</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11213"> 1 : pressure Pa : 100000 92500 85000 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11214"> 25000 20000 15000 10000 7000 5000 3000 2000 1000 </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11215"> Time coordinate : 600 steps</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11216"> RefTime = 1850-01-01 00:00:00 Units = days Calendar = 365_day Bounds = true</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11217"> YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11218"> 1850-01-16 12:00:00 1850-02-15 00:00:00 1850-03-16 12:00:00 1850-04-16 00:00:00</div><div class="" style=""> 1850-05-16 12:00:00 1850-06-16 00:00:00 1850-07-16 12:00:00 1850-08-16 12:00:00 ..............................<wbr class="" style="">..............................<wbr class="" style="">.........</div></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11219"><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">when i used Grads sdfopen command followind was the error message</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11221"><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11220">ga-> sdfopen va_Amon_CCSM4_historical_<wbr class="" style="">r1i1p1_185001-189912.nc </div><div class="" style="">Scanning self-describing file: va_Amon_CCSM4_historical_<wbr class="" style="">r1i1p1_185001-189912.nc</div><div class="" style="">SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.</div><div class="" style=""> To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with </div><div class="" style=""> a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar. </div></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">i tried the following script but the problem is not solved.</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11006"><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11005">DSET sdfopen ^va_Amon_CCSM4_historical_<wbr class="" style="">r1i1p1_185001-189912.nc </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11007"><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11008">OPTIONS 365_day_calendar</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11009">TDEF 600 12 12Z16jan1850 1mo</div></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11010"><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11011">the error message is</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11013"><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11012">ga-> xdfopen year_365.ctl</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11014">Scanning Descriptor File: not_leap_year.ctl</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11015">gadxdf error: Missing or invalid dimension scaling type</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11016"> --> The invalid description file record is: </div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11017"> --> tdef 600 12 12z016jan1850 1mo</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11018"> The data file was not opened. </div></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11019"><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11020">any clue to this problem</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11021"><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11022">regards </div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11023"><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_11024">Aftab ahmad</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414868163944_10909"><strong><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" color="#ff00ff">Jajja Jatt</font></strong></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>gradsusr mailing list<br><a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr<br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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