<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4077">Dear experts,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4077"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4077" dir="ltr">Kindly help your help. I'm downloaded a data of sea ice from CMIP5, sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.nc. To open it,I do the control file as below but it still can't be open</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4077" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4246">dset ^E:\CMIP5\ACCESS1-0\sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.nc</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4247">options 365_day_calendar</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4248">TDEF time 1872 LINEAR 0Z1jan1850 1mon</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4248"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4248">In grads:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4248"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4306">ga-> xdfopen E:\CMIP5\ACCESS1-0\sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.ctl</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4307">Scanning Descriptor File: E:\CMIP5\ACCESS1-0\sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.ctl</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4308">gadsdf: SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4309"> To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with an XDEF entry.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4310"> Documentation is at http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4311">SDF Descriptor file E:\CMIP5\ACCESS1-0\sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.ctl was not successfully opened & parsed.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4311"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4311">Here the details of the data:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4077" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4429">E:\CMIP5\ACCESS1-0>ncdump -h sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512.nc</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4430">netcdf sic_OImon_ACCESS1-0_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512 {</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4431">dimensions:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4432"> time = UNLIMITED ; // (1872 currently)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4433"> j = 300 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4434"> i = 360 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4435"> bnds = 2 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4436"> vertices = 4 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4437">variables:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4438"> double time(time) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4439"> time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4440"> time:units = "days since 0001-01-01" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4441"> time:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4442"> time:axis = "T" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4443"> time:long_name = "time" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4444"> time:standard_name = "time" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4445"> double time_bnds(time, bnds) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4446"> int j(j) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4447"> j:units = "1" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4448"> j:long_name = "cell index along second dimension" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4449"> int i(i) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4450"> i:units = "1" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4451"> i:long_name = "cell index along first dimension" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4452"> float lat(j, i) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4453"> lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4454"> lat:long_name = "latitude coordinate" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4455"> lat:units = "degrees_north" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4456"> lat:bounds = "lat_vertices" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4457"> float lon(j, i) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4458"> lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4459"> lon:long_name = "longitude coordinate" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4460"> lon:units = "degrees_east" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4461"> lon:bounds = "lon_vertices" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4462"> float lat_vertices(j, i, vertices) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4463"> lat_vertices:units = "degrees_north" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4464"> float lon_vertices(j, i, vertices) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4465"> lon_vertices:units = "degrees_east" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4466"> float sic(time, j, i) ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4467"> sic:standard_name = "sea_ice_area_fraction" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4468"> sic:long_name = "Sea Ice Area Fraction" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4469"> sic:comment = "fraction of grid cell covered by sea ice." ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4470"> sic:units = "%" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4471"> sic:original_units = "1" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4472"> sic:history = "2012-01-17T03:16:49Z altered by CMOR: Converted units from \'1\' to \'%\'. 2012-01-17T03:16:49Z altered by CMOR: replaced missing value flag (1e+30) with standard missing value (1e+20)." ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4473"> sic:cell_methods = "time: mean" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4474"> sic:cell_measures = "area: areacello" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4475"> sic:missing_value = 1.e+020f ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4476"> sic:_FillValue = 1.e+020f ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4477"> sic:associated_files = "baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_seaIce_fx_ACCESS1-0_historical_r0i0p0.nc areacello: areacello_fx_ACCESS1-0_historical_r0i0p0.nc" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4478"> sic:coordinates = "lat lon" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4479"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4480"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4481">// global attributes:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4482"> :institution = "CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia), and BOM (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia)" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4483"> :institute_id = "CSIRO-BOM" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4484"> :experiment_id = "historical" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4485"> :source = "ACCESS1-0 2011. Atmosphere: AGCM v1.0 (N96 grid-point, 1.875 degrees EW x approx 1.25 degree NS, 38 levels); ocean: NOAA/GFDL MOM4p1 (nominal 1.0 degree EW x 1.0 degrees NS, tripolar north of 65N, equatorial refinement to 1/3 degree from 10S to 10 N, cosine dependent NS south of 25S, 50 levels); sea ice: CICE4.1 (nominal 1.0 degree EW x 1.0 degrees NS, tripolar north of 65N, equatorial refinement to 1/3 degree from 10S to 10 N, cosine dependent NS south of 25S); land: MOSES2 (1.875 degree EW x 1.25 degree NS, 4 levels" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4486"> :model_id = "ACCESS1-0" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4487"> :forcing = "GHG, Oz, SA, Sl, Vl, BC, OC, (GHG = CO2, N2O, CH4, CFC11, CFC12, CFC113, HCFC22, HFC125, HFC134a)" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4488"> :parent_experiment_id = "piControl" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4489"> :parent_experiment_rip = "r1i1p1" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4490"> :branch_time = 109207. ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4491"> :contact = "The ACCESS wiki: http://wiki.csiro.au/confluence/display/ACCESS/Home. Contact Tony.Hirst@csiro.au regarding the ACCESS coupled climate model. Contact Peter.Uhe@csiro.au regarding ACCESS coupled climate model CMIP5 datasets." ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4492"> :history = "CMIP5 compliant file produced from raw ACCESS model output using the ACCESS Post-Processor and CMOR2. 2012-01-17T03:16:49Z CMOR rewrote data to comply with CF standards and CMIP5 requirements." ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4493"> :references = "See http://wiki.csiro.au/confluence/display/ACCESS/ACCESS+Publications" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4494"> :initialization_method = 1 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4495"> :physics_version = 1 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4496"> :tracking_id = "cc07b4bf-f3dc-483a-8407-d1a34397d273" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4497"> :version_number = "v20120115" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4498"> :product = "output" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4499"> :experiment = "historical" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4500"> :frequency = "mon" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4501"> :creation_date = "2012-01-17T03:16:49Z" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4502"> :Conventions = "CF-1.4" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4503"> :project_id = "CMIP5" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4504"> :table_id = "Table OImon (27 April 2011) f04ba250f3acd5b9e847c21d5752eb85" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4505"> :title = "ACCESS1-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 historical" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4506"> :parent_experiment = "pre-industrial control" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4507"> :modeling_realm = "seaIce ocean" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4508"> :realization = 1 ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4509"> :cmor_version = "2.8.0" ;</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4509"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4509"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487817813784_4509">Thank you in Advance</div></div></body></html>