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Shen, i created the table and attached. you can update the grib jar file using the jar command at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/solaris/jar.html you have to update 2 files, tablelookup.lst fnmoc_3.tab i didn't have a file to test with, so let me know if there's problems. also, the url you sent me had multiple entries for some single parameters, ie number 7. when i created the table i used the last one in the series because this is the latest FNMOC table. hope that makes sense. robb... On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Shen Yingshuo wrote: > hi robb, > > i got some infor from usgodae about grib table > > here are the links > > http://www.usgodae.org/docs/layout/mdllayout.pns.html > > http://www.usgodae.org/docs/layout/pn_parameter_tbl.pns.html > > thanks again for your kind help > > > On 7/31/06, Robb Kambic <address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > Shen, > > > > sorry for the delay in response. i responsed to your message but forgot to > > include your address because the message was forwarded to me. > > > > the problem is we don't have a parameter table for the data. can you > > contact the data provider FNMOC and see if they have a table? if so, i'll > > add the table into the resources and it should work. > > > > i sent a support message to FNMOC asking for the table but never got a > > response. i have table version 2 but not version 3 and it's not good to > > kludge these tables because they are a mess anyways. i also searched the > > web but was unable to find the table. i just sent another request for the > > table, maybe second time will be a charm. > > > > robb.. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, John Caron wrote: > > > > > Robb, can you check these files, and get back to shen? looks like we > > dont have a grib table for them: > > > > > > NotSupportedException : ucar.grib.NotSupportedException: table for > > center: 58 subCenter: 0 number: 3 > > > NotSupportedException : ucar.grib.NotSupportedException: table for > > center: 58 subCenter: 0 number: 3 > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > at ucar.grib.grib1.Grib1Lookup.<init>(Grib1Lookup.java:44) > > > at ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.Grib1ServiceProvider.open( > > Grib1ServiceProvider.java:71) > > > at ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.GribServiceProvider.open( > > GribServiceProvider.java:63) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.<init>(NetcdfFile.java:823) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:368) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:230) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:175) > > > > > > > > > i put a test file in: > > > > > > /upc/share/testdata\grid\grib\grib1\test > > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: grib data > > > Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:23:45 -1000 > > > From: Shen Yingshuo <address@hidden> > > > Organization: UCAR/Unidata > > > To: address@hidden > > > CC: address@hidden > > > > > > > > > > > > hi john and ethan, > > > > > > this is shen yingshuo from iprc/soest -- university of hawaii. > > > > > > i guess you guys don't remember me but i met you both a few times in > > > meetings (ams or opendap workshop -- too bad that peter has not been > > > doing opendap workshop for the last three years). > > > > > > we have been using john's aggregation server since 2002 -- and i > > > just learned there had been major change in aggregation server and it is > > > now part of thredds. > > > > > > great to know the new netcdf-java lib reads grib data. and i liket > > > the new thredds.. > > > > > > i wonder if you can help me with some problems that i have with > > > serving grib data > > > > > > i put some grib data (i got from usgodae) into my thredds > > > > > > > > http://laoshen.soest.hawaii.edu:9090/thredds/catalog/scanwave/catalog.html > > > > > > using > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > <catalog > > > xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/thredds/InvCatalog/v1.0 > > > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/thredds/InvCatalog/v1.0>" > > > xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" name="Scan All" version=" > > 1.0.1"> > > > <service name="all" serviceType="Compound" base=""> > > > <service name="ncdods" serviceType="OPENDAP" base="/thredds/dodsC/" > > /> > > > <service name="HTTPServer" serviceType="HTTPServer" > > > base="/thredds/fileServer/" /> > > > </service> > > > <datasetScan name="Wave Data for TW" path="scanwave" > > > dirLocation="/home/tsana/poppy/wave/" addDatasetSize="true"> > > > <serviceName>all</serviceName> > > > </datasetScan> > > > </catalog> > > > > > > i can see data from the server but only the http service works -- that > > > i can download data. there is nothing in opendap. > > > > > > also if the opendap works... how can i aggregate them --- using > > > type="joinExisting" > > > > > > thanks for your time.. > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > > Research > > address@hidden WWW: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > > > =============================================================================== > > > =============================================================================== 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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