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> Howdy, > Simple question for ya'll. I have a file with ensemble data in it and am > trying to use the ENS_SAVG ensemble functions. I must be missing something in > how to reference the grid as I get the error " [DG -7] Input grid TMPK > cannot be found." Here is some output from gdinfo that shows the grids: > > 496 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP000 > 394 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP001 > 411 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP002 > 348 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP003 > 537 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP004 > 210 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP005 > 476 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP006 > 506 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP007 > 445 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP008 > 227 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP009 > 363 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP010 > 285 060327/1200F024 0 NONE TMPKP011 > > Here is my output from gddiag: > > GDDIAG> > GDFILE = {/share/weatherdata/gembin/nece/nece_060327_12_24.grd} > GDOUTF = /share/weatherdata/gembin/nece/nece_060327_12_24.grd > GFUNC = ENS_SAVG(TMPK) > GDATTIM = 060327/1200F024 > GLEVEL = 0 > GVCORD = NONE > GRDNAM = ATNK@2%HGHT > GRDTYP = > GPACK = > GRDHDR = > PROJ = > GRDAREA = > KXKY = > MAXGRD = 2000 > CPYFIL = /share/weatherdata/gembin/30yrnorm/us_30yrnormal.000101.grd > ANLYSS = 4/2;2;2;2 > GEMPAK-GDDIAG> > Creating process: gplt for queue 851971 > [DG -7] Input grid TMPK cannot be found. > [DE -9] Ensemble diagnostic cannot be computed. > [DG -70] Ensemble field cannot be computed. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > Dan > Dan, The NCEP file structure that the ENS_name functions are based on assumes that they have "N" separate files each with the TMPK parameter (eg using PDSEXT=NO in NAGRIB). The error message you have is that TMPK isn't found...which it isn't because the parameter with the ensemble extension aren't what is being looked for. The NCEP ENS template is: ENS $MODEL/ens ens_YYYYMMDDHH_* where the above "*" matches separate files ens_YYYYMMDDHH_P000, ens_YYYYMMDDHH_P001, etc and the function ENS_SAVS(TMPK) will look for TMPK in the GDFILE={ENS}. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KSS-956149 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed