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Re: gribtonc problem (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: gribtonc problem (fwd)
  • Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 08:58:35 -0600 (MDT)

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 08:52:55 +0200
From: Paul Della-Marta <address@hidden>
To: Robb Kambic <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: gribtonc problem

Dear Robb,

Thank you for the updated gribtonc, it's working fine now.

Regards,
Paul

Quoting Robb Kambic <address@hidden>:

> Hello,
>
> I have downloaded and installed decoders-3.0.3 from ftp://
> ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/decoders to obtain to the program gribtonc
>
> I have compiled the code using the configure script and make on a PC
> running
> Suse linux 9.0, using gcc.
>
> The code compiles and installs with no error messages.
>
> The problem I have is when I try to convert the attached grib file
> (junk3.grb)
> which is 6hourly 1000hPa 2.5degree grid for DJF 19991201 to 20000228 I
> get incorrect dates in the junk3.nc
> output (attached).
>
> These are the commands I used to create the files.
>
> gribtocdl junk3.grb > junk.cdl
> gribtonc junk.cdl junk3.nc < junk3.grb
>
>
> Paul,
>
> It seems that the problem was a change for the starting of the 21 century,
> it was designed to start at 2001 not 2000. I made some mods but forgot to
> change the version of the package.  So get decoders-3.0.3.tar.Z package
> again and recompile.
>
> Thanks for catching this,
> Robb...
>
>   "1999-12-31 00:00:00Z",
>   "1999-12-31 06:00:00Z",
>   "1999-12-31 12:00:00Z",
>   "1999-12-31 18:00:00Z",
>   "2000-01-01 00:00:00Z",
>   "2000-01-01 06:00:00Z",
>   "2000-01-01 12:00:00Z",
>   "2000-01-01 18:00:00Z",
>
>
>
>
> Any help you can offer would be appreciated.
> Regards,
> Paul
>
>
> _____________________________________________________
>
> Paul Della-Marta
> PhD Student                   +41 (0)31 6318868 phone
> Meteorology and Climatology   +41 (0)31 6318511 fax
> Physical Geography
> University of Bern
> Hallerstrasse 12, CH-3012 Bern
> SwitzerlandA
>
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> Robb Kambic                              Unidata Program Center
> Software Engineer III                    Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
> address@hidden                   WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
>
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>


_____________________________________________________

Paul Della-Marta
PhD Student                   +41 (0)31 6318868 phone
Meteorology and Climatology   +41 (0)31 6318511 fax
Physical Geography
University of Bern
Hallerstrasse 12, CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland

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