<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp77f1d311yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>Davide:<br><br>I found an easier way using CDO by getting CDO to rename the variables, saving me from having to create and then edit a descriptor file:<br><br><font color="#cd232c" face="courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif">C:\cygwin64\bin\cdo -f nc -select,name=10u,10v,msl C:\Progra~1\PCGrADS\ecmwf\grib\ecmwf_000.grib2 C:\Progra~1\PCGrADS\win32e\ecmwf_000_temp.nc<br>C:\cygwin64\bin\cdo -chname,10u,u10 -chname,10v,v10 C:\Progra~1\PCGrADS\win32e\ecmwf_000_temp.nc C:\Progra~1\PCGrADS\win32e\ecmwf_000.nc</font><br><br>Problem solved!... Thanks again for your reply.<br><br>Bill<br><br><font face="courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif">--</font><br><br><font face="courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif" color="#808080">Bill Reilly<br><br>(+34) 686-110-748<br><br>bill@passageweather.com<br>www.passageweather.com</font><br><br><br></div></div><br></div>
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On Monday, October 16, 2023 at 04:02:36 PM GMT+2, Bill_Reilly <bill_reilly@compuserve.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>Davide:<br>
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Thank you for your reply, and for the suggestion... That is exactly what I ended up doing.</div><div><br></div><div>I used CDO to only extract the surface variables that I need (10u,10v,msl):</div>
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<font color="#cd232c">cdo -f nc select,name=10u,10v,msl
C:/Progra~1/PCGrADS/win32e/20231015120000-9h-oper-fc.grib2
C:/Progra~1/PCGrADS/win32e/ecmwf_sfc_009.nc</font></font><br>
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Then I had CDO create a GrADS control file<font face="monospace">:<br>
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<font color="#cd232c">cdo gradsdes C:/Progra~1/PCGrADS/win32e/ecmwf_sfc_009.nc</font></font><br>
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I then have to manually rename the variables (and add the z dimension for the wind variables) in the control file:<br>
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<font face="monospace" color="#cd232c">VARS 3<br>
msl 0 t,y,x Mean sea level pressure [Pa]<br>
10v=>v10 0 t,z,y,x 10 metre V wind component [m s**-1]<br>
10u=>u10 0 t,z,y,x 10 metre U wind component [m s**-1]<br>
ENDVARS</font><br>
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It now works perfectly!<br>
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Thanks again for your help.<br>
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Bill</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#808080">--
</font></div><pre class="ydp454e739emoz-signature"><font color="#808080">Bill Reilly
(+34) 686-110-748
bill@passageweather.com
www.passageweather.com</font>
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