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[IDV #LCA-261543]: GrADS .ctl files

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  • Subject: [IDV #LCA-261543]: GrADS .ctl files
  • Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:10:05 -0600
Hi Stefan-

> Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, all of the above didn't work. If I
> change all the parentheses to brackets in the file, none of the
> variables show up in the field selector in IDV.

That's odd.

 I tried reloading the
> data without the byteswapped tag and variables still were plotted as
> 'noise'. Attached is the ARWpost theta and relative humidity at 2m
> attempt. I couldn't capture the image through IDV, whenever I did all
> it did was show up as black. So this is a print-screen shot. I also
> sometimes get the random error: "negative offset error"? It happens
> randomly and isn't related to any particular variable. What is odd is
> that the domain and time steps are recognized correctly by IDV,
> including the field selector showing the variables. It seems there is
> some communication issue between IDV, the ctl file and the dat file. I
> would use WRFpost to create grib files, however I don't have space to
> keep both grib and data files(some of my output is over 20GB). Thanks
> again for your help!

How large is one timestep?  If less than 2Gb, could you upload it to:

http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload

?

Also, what version of IDV are you using?

And finally, could you cc: address@hidden on your reply.  For some reason, the 
I'm not getting your responses.

Thanks.

Don

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LCA-261543
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open