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H Rob- > Institution: Bridgewater State College > Package Version: 2.1 > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program Files\\IDV_2.1\\jre version: > 1.5.0_06 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > Inquiry: An error has occurred: > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:netcdf.grid with: > http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/ > Grid data source failed making data set: > http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/ > Cant open > http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/ or > as DODS > dods://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/ > "This DODS server does not know how to serve the dataset > `/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/.' > It maybe that the server has not been configured for this type of dataset. > Please double check the URL for errors and, if you think that the URL is > correct, please contact the DODS user support coordinator at: address@hidden" The error message appears to indicate that you are trying to open the directory instead of one of the files in the directory. Are you accessing this through a catalog? If so, what is the URL for that catalog. If not, then you need to select a particular file under the directory (e.g. http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/air.1979.nc) for the IDV to load it. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: Cant open > http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/ or > as DODS > dods://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/ > "This DODS server does not know how to serve the dataset > `/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis2/pressure/.' > It maybe that the server has not been configured for this type of dataset. > Please double check the URL for errors and, if you think that the URL is > correct, please contact the DODS user support coordinator at: address@hidden" > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:380) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openFile(NetcdfDataset.java:333) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:175) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:203) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:183) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:171) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:71) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.grid.GridDataset.factory(GridDataset.java:80) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:444) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:460) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:338) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1086) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1603) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1522) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1500) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1357) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:119) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1304) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURLInner(UrlChooser.java:180) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURL(UrlChooser.java:156) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.doLoadInThread(UrlChooser.java:193) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$1.run(Misc.java:903) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:931) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: INF-552076 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open