<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Hi John,</div><div><br></div><div>For GrADS 2 (which is recommended), you need to create a control file and open the file using xdfopen, following the instructions in the error message:</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div> To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with</div><div> a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.</div><div> Documentation is at <a href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Andrew<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Dec 28, 2014, at 6:33 AM, john David <<a href="mailto:johny_dd@hotmail.com">johny_dd@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<div dir="ltr">Hi, thanks for your attention. Error which i got is pasted below:<div>(using version 1.9.0-rc1)<br><div><br></div><div><div>Scanning self-describing file: F:\CLM4.5outpu\clm45sp_1deg4502_hist.clm2.h0.SOI<span style="font-size: 12pt;">LLIQ.185001-201012.nc</span></div><div>nc_open failure:</div><div>NetCDF: Unknown file format</div><div>F:\CLM4.5outpu\clm45sp_1deg4502_hist.clm2.h0.SOILLIQ.185001-201012.nc does not e<span style="font-size: 12pt;">xist or is not a netCDF file.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(using version </span> 2.0.1.oga.1)</div><div>Scanning self-describing file: F:\CLM4.5outpu\clm45sp_1deg4502_hist.clm2.h0.SOI<span style="font-size: 12pt;">LLIQ.185001-201012.nc</span></div><div>SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.</div><div> To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with</div><div> a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.</div><div> Documentation is at <a href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a></div><br><div>> From: <a href="mailto:andfried@gmail.com">andfried@gmail.com</a><br>> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:04:40 -0800<br>> To: <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Problem in opening CLM4.5 soil moisture output<br>> <br>> Can you please provide the specific steps you tried and the error messages you received?<br>> <br>> On Dec 22, 2014, at 7:30 AM, john David <<a href="mailto:johny_dd@hotmail.com">johny_dd@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Hello everybody<br>> > I have downloaded CLM4.5 soil moisture output from earthsystem grid website (<a href="http://www.earthsystemgrid.org">http://www.earthsystemgrid.org</a>)<br>> > <br>> > file name is clm45sp_1deg4502_hist.clm2.h0.SOILLIQ.185001-201012.nc<br>> > I tried all versions of grads but could not open it. Anybody has some suggestions?<br>> > <br>> > thank you very much.<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > gradsusr mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>> > <a href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> gradsusr mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>> <a href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><br></div></div></div> </div>
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