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> Full Name: Dan Holley > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: University of East Anglia > Package Version: 3.0 build date:2011-08-29 16:38 UTC > Operating System: Windows Vista > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Hi, I'm trying to import the attached file (which is > a GRIB1 format so I'm told) into IDV and it keeps coming up with this error: > > Couldn't get data > java.io.IOException Hi Dan, When the IDV read in a grib format dataset, it requires a correct table. Sometime, if the dataset is constructed under a customized table (not available in the IDV), we did see this kind of exception. Not very sure if this is the situation here, can you provide us more information about the dataset you are working on. Yuan > > I can view the various parameters as a list, it's when trying to import them > as a plotted image it comes up with the error. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.readDataSlice(GeoGrid.java:609) > at ucar.visad.data.GeoGridFlatField.readData(GeoGridFlatField.java:244) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.getMyValues(CachedFlatField.java:461) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.unpackFloats(CachedFlatField.java:600) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.getRanges(CachedFlatField.java:367) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1564) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$100(GeoGridAdapter.java:129) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1457) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:223) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1472) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1147) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:1802) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1291) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2315) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:205) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:162) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:143) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1511) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3084) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3066) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:642) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:194) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:473) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1333) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1034) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RLH-830014 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed