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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/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:24:55 -0600 From: John Caron <address@hidden> To: Ethan Davis <address@hidden> Subject: Re: XML Coordinates list theres a few bugs in the documentation, but this should work to dump coordinates: java -classpath toolsUI.jar ucar.nc2.NCdump <filename> -ncml -c use the toolsUI jar, since it has everything you need in it. Ethan Davis wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > Stephen Sinnis wrote: > >> If I use the NcML tab in JAVA NetCDF (2.2) Tools and turn Coordinates >> ON, I >> can get an XML dump describing the 80km CONUS NAM, (as described below). >> Is there a command line equivalent of this? >> > > > The NcML web page (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ncml/) > describes a number of ways to dump the NcML for a dataset: 1) Tools UI, > 2) using the netCDF-Java API, 3) netCDF-Java NcDump, and 4) netCDF C > library ncdump, version 3.6.1 or later. I would guess that the > Coordinates ON option is not supported by the last option. Also, not > sure how to specify the Coordinates info in option 3. > >> How should I include this information for use in an enhanced catalog? >> > > > Do you mean how should it be encoded in an enhanced catalog? Or what is > the best way to get this information into an enhanced catalog? > > Also, is it the variable information you want to include in an enhanced > catalog or the coordinate information? > > Thanks, > > Ethan > >> Stephen Sinnis >> Pelmorex Media Inc >> > > >> DETAILS: >> <variable name="x" shape="x" type="double"> >> <attribute name="units" type="String" value="km" /> >> <attribute name="long_name" type="String" value="synthesized X >> coord" /> >> <attribute name="_CoordinateAxisType" type="String" value="GeoX" /> >> <values start="-4226.106971141345" increment="81.27099999999973" >> npts="93" /> >> </variable> >> <variable name="y" shape="y" type="double"> >> <attribute name="units" type="String" value="km" /> >> <attribute name="long_name" type="String" value="synthesized Y >> coord" /> >> <attribute name="_CoordinateAxisType" type="String" value="GeoY" /> >> <values start="-832.6983183345455" increment="81.27099999999996" >> npts="65" /> >> </variable> >> <variable name="Projection" type="char"> >> <attribute name="Projection_Name" type="String" >> value="lambert_conformal_conic" /> >> <attribute name="latitude_of_projection_origin" type="double" >> value="25.0" /> >> <attribute name="longitude_of_central_meridian" type="double" >> value="-95.0" /> >> <attribute name="standard_parallel" type="double" value="25.0" /> >> <attribute name="_CoordinateTransformType" type="String" >> value="Projection" /> >> <attribute name="_CoordinateAxes" type="String" value="x y" /> >> <values /> >> </variable> >> >> I have installed: >> >> Linux 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 >> TOMCAT 5.17 JDK1.5.0_07 >> THREDDS-3.12 >> toolsUI-2.2.16 >> >> I am feeding NOAAPORT HDS|NGRID data to GEMPAK 5.9.1 gribtonc: >> >> # >> # ETA grid on Lambert conformal CONUS grid >> HDS ^Y.Q... KWB. (..)(..).*/m(ETA|NAM) >> PIPE decoders/gribtonc -l logs/gribtonc_nam.log >> etc/eta_211.cdl >> >> data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/NAM/CONUS_80km/NAM_CONUS_80km_(\1:yyyy)(\1 >> >> :mm)\1_\200.nc >> # >> >> =============================================================================== >> >> To unsubscribe thredds, visit: >> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing-list-delete-form.html >> =============================================================================== >> >> > > =============================================================================== To unsubscribe thredds, visit: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing-list-delete-form.html ===============================================================================