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------- Forwarded MessageTo: address@hidden From: "Jacob" <address@hidden> Subject: IDV - error loading latest NCEP GFS 80km CONUS model data Organization: ? Keywords: 200512220254.jBM2sTFV002159 IDV NCDP GFSInstitution: student persueing meteorology degree Package Version: 1.3b1 Operating System: os.name:Windows XP; os.arch:x86; os.version:5.1; Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; java.version:1.4.2_08; java.home:C:\\Weather\\Wx Software\\Integrated Data Viewer\\jre; j3d.version:1.3.2 fcs (build12); j3d.vendor:Sun Microsystems, Inc.; j3d.renderer:OpenGL; Inquiry: An error has occurred: There was an error loading the data: Cant open dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20051221_1800.nc or as DODS dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/modelsNc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_20051221_1800.nc "Encountered '/datetime' at line 1, column 17. Was expecting: <ID> ... "
Hi Jacob,We are looking into this problem. It only seems to occur on a couple of the GFS models.
-Jeff