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Rich, I'm afraid I know very little about GRIB2 files. So I've forwarded this reply to some people who know much more than I. > Guys, > > The LDM grib file is 6.2GB, while if I download the grib2 file from the TDS: > wget > http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/fileServer/fmrc/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p5deg/files/GFS_Global_0p5deg_20130222_0000.grib2 > > it is only 3.8GB. > > What the heck? > > I guess I need "wgrib" or something to check these out? > > -Rich > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Unidata IDD Support > <address@hidden> wrote: > > Rich, > > > >> >> In the past 9 months we have had 22 files NAM files and 33 GFS files > >> >> that the TDS was unable to read (produces 0 length GRIB index files). > >> >> > >> >> When 0 length GRIB index files get created, the TDS times out on these > >> >> datasets, and our workflow is broken. > >> > > >> > Understandable, that is not OK! > >> > > >> >> > >> >> This is an error rate of about 10%. > >> > > >> > Well, closer to 2% (4 runs per day), unless you are only requesting one > >> > synoptic time per day, but even 2% is far greater than one would expect, > >> > we see generally 99.98 reliability..if not better. > > > > TCP unreliability is much, much less than 2%. It's far more likely that > > there's something wrong with the decoder or the GRIB file. > > > > Do you have something that can check the validity of a GRIB file? > > > > Regards, > > Steve Emmerson > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: ZGC-437176 > > Department: Support IDD > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > -- > Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 > USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. > Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZGC-437176 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed