<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Can you rename this using some netcdf tools?</div><div>Else, I feel you need to have a GrADS ctl, in which you need to point this to smaller variable name..</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div> Mahakur</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Bob Kuligowski - NOAA Federal <bob.kuligowski@noaa.gov><br>To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr@gradsusr.org><br>Sent: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:12:29 +0530 (IST)<br>Subject: [gradsusr] Unable to read a netCDF file because the variable file name is apparently too long<br></div><div><br></div><p>I have a netCDF file with satellite brightness temperatures in<br> it, and the variable name is '<tt>Brightness_Temperature</tt>',<br> which is acceptable according to the <a href="http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/47/build/cf-standard-name-table.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/47/build/cf-standard-name-table.html">CF<br> Standard Name Table</a>. However, when I try to read it in<br> GrADS, the variable name appears to be truncated to 17 characters<br> and thus GrADS can't read it:</p><p><br></p><blockquote><tt>Syntax Error: Invalid Operand</tt><tt><br></tt><tt> 'brightness_temper' not a variable or function name</tt><tt><br></tt><tt> Error ocurred at column 1</tt><tt><br></tt><tt>DISPLAY error: Invalid expression</tt><tt><br></tt><tt> Expression = brightness_temperature</tt></blockquote><p>Is there a relatively straightforward way around this? Thanks!<br></p><p>Cheers,<br></p><pre class="moz-signature">-- <br>Bob Kuligowski, Ph.D.<br>Meteorologist<br>NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)<br></pre><div><br></div><pre class="moz-signature">Mailing Address:<br>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br>NESDIS STAR/SMCD<br>Bob Kuligowski<br>NCWCP E/RA2<br>5830 University Research Court<br>2nd Floor, Office #2828<br>College Park, MD 20740-3818<br></pre><div><br></div><pre class="moz-signature">Phone: (301) 683-3593<br>Fax : (301) 683-3616<br></pre><div><br></div><pre class="moz-signature"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/Kuligowski_B.php" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/Kuligowski_B.php">http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/Kuligowski_B.php</a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/index.php" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/index.php">http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/index.php</a></pre><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>