20020124: gdinfo/gdlist for reanalysis tropopause data

>From: "Bentley, Mace" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200201242021.g0OKLPx01667

>Hello Steve,
>
>I am trying to determine whether some gridded reanalysis data files contain
>tropopause data. I thought I could do this by using gdinfo or gdlist but
>both programs ask me for a gvcord and glevel. Is there a way to list all the
>grids in the file? If not, what should I put under gvcord and glevel to give
>me the trop level data?
>
>Thanks again!
>
>Mace
>
>Mace L. Bentley, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor
>Department of Geography
>Northern Illinois University
>DeKalb, IL 60115
>815-753-6850
>


Mace,

You can "restore defaults/gdinfo" in the GDINFO program, or type
"all" for gvcord, glevel, gfunc, gdattim.

The ability limit the gdinfo searched was added in 5.6.

Generally a gvcord of TROP, glevel of 0 is used in the realtime data
for tropopause level data.

Steve Chiswell