<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9031">Hi Grads-users,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9032"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9033">Does anyone know, how to create a control file for CALIPSO level 2 datasets? These are hdf files of orbital datasets, open nicely in python.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9034"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">(CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-02.2012-06-12T20-42-02ZN.hdf)It throws following errors while opening in GrADS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">ga-> sdfopen CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-02.2012-06-12T20-42-02ZN.hdf</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">Scanning self-describing file: ?CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-02.2012-06-12T20-42-02ZN.hdfgadsdf: SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.? To open this file with GrADS, use a descriptor file with an XDEF entry.? Documentation is at <a href="http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.htmlga-" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9036">http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.html</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035"><a href="http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/SDFdescriptorfile.htmlga-" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">ga-</a>> xdfopen CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-02.2012-06-12T20-42-02ZN.hdf</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">Scanning Descriptor File: ?CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-02.2012-06-12T20-42-02ZN.hdfgadxdf error: Unknown keyword in description file? --> The invalid description file record is:?? --> y??by??by??by ? ? by=by ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? by|"BYg9BYd<BYO;BY:8BY78BY"7by? The data file was not opened.?</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">regards,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495547769351_9035">vinay </div></div></body></html>