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> Hi Yuan > > I have already downloaded the data. Is there somehting else I could do? > > Cheers > > RDRG No, not in the IDV. You can try some other opendap clients(IDL, MATLAB) to see if they support this. Yuan > On Sep 16, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > >> Full Name: renato david ghisolfi > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: universidade federal do espirito santo > >> Package Version: 2.9u1 build date:2010-09-02 19:36 UTC > >> Operating System: Mac OS X > >> Hardware: Java: home: > >> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home version: > >> 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.3.1 > >> Description of problem: > >> > >> There was an error loading the data: > >> > >> Error creating data source:dods with: > >> file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > >> Unable to open grid: > >> file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > >> > > > > Hi Renato, > > The file you were trying to load to the IDV is a local OPeNDAP binary > > file, it is not workable in the IDV, you can run the IDV to access the > > OPeNDAP remote server directly, and enter the URL to the URLs entries with > > the Data Source Type as Grid file. > > > > Let me know if you need more help. > > > > > > Yuan > > > >> > >> ****************** > >> Stack trace: > >> ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Error creating data source:dods with: > >> file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > >> Unable to open grid: > >> file:/users/gringo/downloads/2003.dods.download/2003.dods > >> > >> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1601) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1691) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1623) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.TextDisplayControl$10.run(TextDisplayControl.java:1408) > >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: QQI-577675 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > _____________________________________________ > RDR Ghisolfi, PhD > Lab. Pesq. e Simul. da Din. do Oceano - LabPosseidon > Depto. Oceanografia - UFES > Av. Fernando Ferrari 514 - Goiabeiras > 29075-910 Vitória - ES > +55 27 4009 7787 > +55 27 4009 2500 (Fax) > www.posseidon.doc.ufes.br > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QQI-577675 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed