[IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF

> Sorry, my ncml file is in the dualdop directory.  my full path name is 
> home/geary/dualdop/0011/0011.ncml.  I apologize, I am used to working with c 
> shell scripts and our programmer isn't familiar with xml or html so its a 
> learning experience for both of us.

Ok, I am assuming that your 0011.ncml has the corrected time value now, you can 
load them into IDV directly without the second ncml file to aggregate them. 
Just select the type as "Aggrregate Grids by Time", it should work now.



Yuan
> 
> Daniel
> ________________________________________
> From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:02 PM
> To: Betten, Daniel P.
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [IDV #RJF-252466]: Dislaying CEDRIC NetCDF
> 
> > 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
> > > > > > > > >
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