<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yiv1481793421"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29466"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29465"><div class="yiv1481793421qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29464"><br clear="none">Thank you. I able to open it. Here my ctrl file look like:</div><div class="yiv1481793421qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29464"><br></div><div class="yiv1481793421qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29464"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29608">dset ^E:\CMIP5\MIROC5\histo\si\sic_OImon_MIROC5_historical_r1i1p1_185001-201212.nc</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29609">options 365_day_calendar</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29610">TDEF time 1956 LINEAR 0Z1jan1850 1mon</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29610"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29610">Regards,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487571753716_29610">Atiqah</div></div><div class="yiv1481793421yqt7951236337" id="yiv1481793421yqt15512"></div></div></div></div><div class=".yiv1481793421yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 20, 2017 3:20 PM, Andrew Friedman &lt;andfried@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div>  <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv1481793421y_msg_container">Here are some previous answers specifically regarding the 365-day calendar issue: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-June/030237.html">http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2011-June/030237.html</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">&gt; On Feb 20, 2017, at 7:39 AM, Lyndon Mark Olaguera &lt;<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:olagueralyndonmark429@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:olagueralyndonmark429@gmail.com">olagueralyndonmark429@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Hi,<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; You can do any of the following.<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; [1] Set tdef like this if you want to use a ctl file. To determine the XDEF and YDEF, you can use ncdump -h or cdo sinfo to get the correct coordinates.<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; TDEF time 365 LINEAR 01Jan1971 1mo<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; [2] Use nco like the following. In this case, no need to create a ctl file. You can open the netcdf via sdfopen.<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; ncatted -O -a calendar,time,o,c,"standard" input_file.nc<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Goodluck,<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Lyndon Mark P. Olaguera<br clear="none">&gt; PhD Student <br clear="none">&gt; Monsoon Climatology Laboratory<br clear="none">&gt; Department of Geography<br clear="none">&gt; Faculty of Urban Environmental Science<br clear="none">&gt; Minami-Osawa Campus<br clear="none">&gt; Tokyo Metropolitan University<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 9:51 AM, syairah atiqah atiq &lt;<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:syairahatiqah@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:syairahatiqah@yahoo.com">syairahatiqah@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear="none">&gt; Dear grads experts,<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Anyone has an experience deal with CMIP5 data? I need help. I downloaded nc. file from CMIP5 model. However when I try to open it using sdfopen, it's error. Below what the grads said:<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; sdfopen C:\Users\atiqah\Downloads\sic_OImon_MIROC5_historical_r1i1p1_185001-201212.nc<br clear="none">&gt; Scanning self-describing file:&nbsp; C:\Users\atiqah\Downloads\sic_OImon_MIROC5_historical_r1i1p1_185001-201212.nc<br clear="none">&gt; SDF Error: 365 day calendars are no longer supported by sdfopen.<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp;  To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp;  a complete TDEF entry and OPTIONS 365_day_calendar.<br clear="none">&gt;&nbsp;  Documentation is at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html">http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; what should I do? did I need do the control file?&nbsp; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; dset&nbsp;  C:\Users\atiqah\Downloads\sic_OImon_MIROC5_historical_r1i1p1_185001-201212.nc<br clear="none">&gt; undef&nbsp; -9.99e+33<br clear="none">&gt; title&nbsp;  Sea ice area fraction<br clear="none">&gt; xdef&nbsp;  <br clear="none">&gt; ydef&nbsp;  <br clear="none">&gt; zdef&nbsp;  1 levels 0<br clear="none">&gt; tdef&nbsp;  163 linear 00z01JAN1980 1mon<br clear="none">&gt; OPTIONS<br clear="none">&gt; vars 1<br clear="none">&gt; sic&nbsp; 0 99 summer [%]<br clear="none">&gt; endvars<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Thank you<br clear="none">&gt; Atiqah<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; _______________________________________________<br clear="none">&gt; gradsusr mailing list<br clear="none">&gt; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br clear="none">&gt; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; _______________________________________________<br clear="none">&gt; gradsusr mailing list<br clear="none">&gt; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br clear="none">&gt; <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><div class="yiv1481793421yqt9592118881" id="yiv1481793421yqtfd85766"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">gradsusr mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>  </div> </div>  </div></div></body></html>