[Fwd: Fwd: GRIB files with non-standard GRIBTAB files?] (fwd)

Hiya Robert,

There's not a problem of adding the parameter table you referenced below 
to the list of tables in the grib package. Dumping the data reveals center 7,
subCenter 138 and table version number 130; so this configuration would 
load your table. Would this solution work? Otherwise one can load tables 
at runtime, but it would have to be done each time on startup.

Robb...

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:55:01 -0600
From: John Caron <address@hidden>
To: Robb Kambic <address@hidden>
Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: GRIB files with non-standard GRIBTAB files?]

can you answer? cc me, thanks

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Subject:        Fwd: GRIB files with non-standard GRIBTAB files?
Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:10:07 -0400
From:   Robert B. Schmunk <address@hidden>
To:     John Caron <address@hidden>
References:     <address@hidden>



John,

As you may have noted, I added GRIB plotting capability to
the Panoply application in a new release a couple weeks ago.
Of course, all interaction with GRIB datasets builds off of
the NJ libraries.

A question that a user sent in today involves "non-standard"
or "custom" GRIBTABs. Apparently when Panoply or IDV displays
the contents of a sample dataset, the variable names and units
are wrong. Panoply is just calling getName() on the VariableDS,
and I assume IDV is doing the same.

Is there a work around available for this that you know of?

rbs




Begin forwarded message:

> From: Christopher Lynnes <address@hidden>
> Date: July 22, 2009 15:02:30 EDT
> To: "Robert B. Schmunk" <address@hidden>
> Cc: Henry Fang <address@hidden>, Bruce Vollmer <address@hidden 
> >
> Subject: GRIB files with non-standard GRIBTAB files?
>
> Robert,
>  We have some GRIB files with non-standard GRIBTABs.  The problem is  that 
> when we read them in through Panoply, the variable names are  wrong (as one 
> would expect), but there is no way for the user to  know that they are wrong, 
> esp. users that are unfamiliar with GRIB.   Any ideas?
>  Also, any idea on whether you will support reading in GRIB files  with the 
> associated GRIBTAB (aka parameter index) file?
>  BTW, Panoply is not alone in this area; we have the same dilemma  with IDV.
>
>  We have some examples if you care to play with them, e.g.:
> Data file: 
> ftp://agdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa//GLDAS/GLDAS_VIC10_3H//2009/165/GLDAS_VIC10_3H.A2009165.2100.001.grb
> GRIBTAB file: 
> http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydrology/grib_tabs/gribtab_VIC.txt
> --
> Christopher Lynnes             NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2          301-614-5185

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