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> Hi, > > I am using ARPS to dump netcdf file. I am having a problem viewing the > netcdf file in idv. The current idv version I have is 2.8a1. Whenever I > try to open new data source from file system and refer to the *.nc file > I get a message that no gridded data was found for the file. That is > strange since the netcdf file is correct and I plotted the contents in > another utility that reads the netcdf file from ARPS. I sent the file to > ARPS support and this is what they said: > Hi, I was able to gunzip your file but it was not recognized as a netcdf file. Can you upload the .nc file via our server: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload and I'll take a look at it. Thanks, Jeff Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YZW-359278 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open