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> So if I am in the dualdop directory then I should use: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2"> > <aggregation dimName="time" type="joinExisting"> > <netcdf location="file:0011/0011.nmcl" /> > <netcdf location="file:0016/0016.nmcl" /> > </aggregation> > </netcdf> > > Instead of what I have below? I am not sure what you mean dualdop directory, why not using full path like: /home/daniel/0011/0011.ncml? Yuan > > Daniel > ________________________________________ > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:18 AM > To: Betten, Daniel P. > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > OK, here is what I have > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2"> > > <aggregation dimName="time" type="joinExisting"> > > <netcdf location="~/geary/dualdop/0011/0011.nmcl" /> > > <netcdf location="~/geary/dualdop/0016/0016.nmcl" /> > > </aggregation> > > </netcdf> > > > > Daniel, > You need to specify the full path of each ncml file, don't use ~ to specify > your home directory, the ncml doesn't understand it. > > > Yuan > > The location and file names are correct but it still says that it can't > > locate the files. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden] > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:41 PM > > To: Betten, Daniel P. > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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