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> Hi, > I am an oceanographer using IDV for visualizing output from the Regional > Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). The model has provision for float > tracking, with float files output in netcdf format (which I then subset > using tools like Ferret). These used to be readable by idv as a "track > file" (specifically, by version 2.7u2), but the latest version (e.g. > 2.9) will not read them as a track file, or any other sort of file. Is > there some trick to using these with the latest release? Below is an > ncdump of the header information from a file which worked with 2.7u2. > Thanks for any guidance. > -Al Hermann Albert, Could you upload a sample file: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload Yuan > > > netcdf testfloat10 { > > dimensions: > > DRIFTER1_10 = 10 ; > > TIME = UNLIMITED ; // (7296 currently) > > variables: > > double DRIFTER1_10(DRIFTER1_10) ; > > DRIFTER1_10:point_spacing = "even" ; > > DRIFTER1_10:AXIS = "X" ; > > double TIME(TIME) ; > > float LON(TIME, DRIFTER1_10) ; > > LON:missing_value = 1.e+35f ; > > LON:_FillValue = 1.e+35f ; > > LON:long_name = "longitude of floats trajectories" ; > > LON:history = "From cgoa3_flt_40m" ; > > LON:units = "degree_east" ; > > float LAT(TIME, DRIFTER1_10) ; > > LAT:missing_value = 1.e+35f ; > > LAT:_FillValue = 1.e+35f ; > > LAT:long_name = "latitude of floats trajectories" ; > > LAT:history = "From cgoa3_flt_40m" ; > > LAT:units = "degree_north" ; > > float DEPTH(TIME, DRIFTER1_10) ; > > DEPTH:missing_value = 1.e+35f ; > > DEPTH:_FillValue = 1.e+35f ; > > DEPTH:long_name = "depth of floats trajectories" ; > > DEPTH:history = "From cgoa3_flt_40m" ; > > DEPTH:units = "meter" ; > > float TEMP(TIME, DRIFTER1_10) ; > > TEMP:missing_value = 1.e+35f ; > > TEMP:_FillValue = 1.e+35f ; > > TEMP:long_name = "potential temperature" ; > > TEMP:history = "From cgoa3_flt_40m" ; > > TEMP:units = "Celsius" ; > > float SALT(TIME, DRIFTER1_10) ; > > SALT:missing_value = 1.e+35f ; > > SALT:_FillValue = 1.e+35f ; > > SALT:long_name = "salinity" ; > > SALT:history = "From cgoa3_flt_40m" ; > > SALT:units = "PSU" ; > > > > // global attributes: > > :history = "FERRET V5.51 3-Jan-05" ; > > } > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GRJ-802576 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open