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> So I have *.ncml files in different directories and the different fort.54 > files also. in the location part, which one should I list if I am doing both > modifying and aggregating functions? Sorry, I have been reading all the > tutorials but the examples are too simple. > > Daniel It maybe a little too complicated for you to do the both modifying and aggregating in one ncml file, I think you can start with two different ncml files, in the aggregate one, the location file should point to the first ncml file which modifying the nc file. Yuan > ________________________________________ > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:05 AM > To: Betten, Daniel P. > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > I got the scale factor correction done. Each file is a has a different > > time stamp. I have tried loading multiple files into one display but it > > doesn't seem to recognize that there are multiple times. Thank you so much > > for you help, what we are able to see might be the first time dual doppler > > analysis have been viewed this way. > > Ok, I see what you want here. You need to use ncml again to aggregate these > files in the time dimension, here is a example: > > <netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2"> > <aggregation dimName="time" type="joinExisting"> > <netcdf location="file:/test/temperature/jan.nc" ncoords="31"/> > <netcdf location="file:/test/temperature/feb.nc" ncoords="28"/> > </aggregation> > </netcdf> > > So, you can either using one ncml file to aggregate two ncml modified files, > or you can put them together with one ncml file to do both modifying and > aggregating funcitons. You can reference the ncml web page for more details > information. > > > Yuan > > > > Daniel > > ________________________________________ > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:45 PM > > To: Betten, Daniel P. > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > > > So if the variable has a scale factor of 64 in the original netCDF file > > > and I would want the scale factor to >be 64 in the ncml file? > > > > yes, just enter the value you wanted. > > > > >Also, I want to make an animation of my different times which are in > > >files, is there a way to do that? I have > > I am not sure what you means here, I remember there is only one time step > > in the file, if there is multiple times in the time dimension, IDV should > > be able to pick it up and do the animation for you. > > > > > > Yuan > > > > >already assigned different time values in the time variable for each file. > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > Daniel > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:50 PM > > > To: Betten, Daniel P. > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > > > > > Yuan, > > > > > > > > I figured out my last problem about not seeing the 3D image. But I > > > > have another problem. Some of my variables are scaled by 64 instead of > > > > 100, so they are half what they should be, is there a way to multiply > > > > the values in IDV? Do I need to do it using the ncml file? > > > > > > > Yes, you can do it in the ncml file, I don't know which variable you want > > > to modify, if this variable named T, you can > > > > > > <variable name="T"> > > > <attribute name="scale_factor" type="float" value="100.0f" /> > > > </variable> > > > > > > what it does is to modify the attribute named scale_factor to a different > > > value, and keep all others the same as originals. > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > > > > > Daniel Betten > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:59 PM > > > > To: Betten, Daniel P. > > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > > > > > > > Yuan, > > > > > > > > > > I apologize, I forgot to set permissions on my page, so you couldn't > > > > > see it. It should work now. If there are any other problems let me > > > > > know. > > > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > Daniel, > > > > I got it. > > > > The problem of this netCDF file is that the coordinate system is not CF > > > > compliant, so, IDV can not recognize this file as a Grid datatype, the > > > > simple way to work with this kind of problem is using Unidata NCML (" > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ncml/") to modify this file > > > > to a better shape, attached is a sample I created for your reference, > > > > it is not complete, and some parameter is randomly selected, you can > > > > modify it to your requirement. Simply put this ncml file with your > > > > fort.54 file in a same directory, and the running IDV to view it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > > > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:47 AM > > > > > To: Betten, Daniel P. > > > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > > > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Don, > > > > > > > > > > > > If you go to http://smartr.metr.ou.edu/~dbetten/ download the file > > > > > > fort.54. Thank you for your help. > > > > > > > > > > Daniel, > > > > > You web site is not accessible. Please check with the system adm to > > > > > make it accessible from outside. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > > > > > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 2:55 PM > > > > > > To: Betten, Daniel P. > > > > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > > > > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Daniel- > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to display dual-doppler analysis output data, which > > > > > > > should be gridded files, that come out as a type of NetCDF. I > > > > > > > have tried the different types of netCDF options in IDV, I am > > > > > > > running version 2.5, but none of them work. Have you heard of > > > > > > > anyone trying to display CEDRIC files in IDV? The only thing we > > > > > > > can think of is to convert our NetCDF into a different format > > > > > > > that will be readable to IDV. Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you send a sample file or put it on a web/ftp site if it's too > > > > > > big? That way we can look at the structure and see what needs to > > > > > > be changed. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Don Murray > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > > > =================== > > > > > > Ticket ID: RJF-252466 > > > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > > =================== > > > > > Ticket ID: RJF-252466 > > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: RJF-252466 > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: RJF-252466 > > > Department: Support IDV > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: RJF-252466 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: RJF-252466 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Open > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RJF-252466 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open