[IDV #RIS-865225]: problems on nc files Portugal

> hello Mr. Yuan, thank you for your answer, but could you send me the
> file that you modified  (the test you did)  to see where exactly I have to
> change the time unit and how?
> thank you very much
> Carlos
> 
> 

Carlos,
    I used  ncml to modify the netCDF file, see the attached. The unit of time 
I used in the ncml file is for testing and you can change to
a unit appropriate to your dataset.

Yuan
> 2012/9/1 Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden>
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> > > Full Name: carlos sonderblohm
> > > Email Address: address@hidden
> > > Organization: Universidade do Algarve
> > > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC
> > > Operating System: Windows 7
> > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20
> > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> > > Description of problem:
> > >
> > > im trying to open a dataset from Laboratoire d?Etudes en G?ophysique et
> > > Oc?anographie Spatiales (LEGOS) in Toulouse, France. The dataset consist
> > > in Surface currents in nc files (CDF) format. My goal is to extract
> > > a time-series from a point nearby my study area to export the data as
> > > csv file then to work on my statistic software. Could you please tell
> > > me what's wrong with those files, they are from a older version, I was
> > > checking up the head lines of the files and looks like different from
> > > the ones that I used before (I did it already once!)  data available at:
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.legos.obs-mip.fr/pub/tmp7j/sonderblohm-523
> > >
> > >
> > Hi, Carlos
> >          I randomly selected one file from the attached tar file,
> > EKE_v_geo.weekly.2000.nc, the problem is the unit of the time variable is
> > not recognized.
> > I changed the unit to hours as a test, and the IDV can take the modified
> > dataset with no problem.
> >
> >          The CF standard of time unit can be found online, here is a
> > reference for you:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/GALEON/NetCDFandStandards.htm
> >
> > What you are planning to do with these datasets is very easy in the IDV,
> > let me know if you have any question.
> >
> >
> > Yuan
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: RIS-865225
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Carlos A. Pombo Sonderblohm
> PhD Student on Marine Science (Fisheries)
> Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnología
> Universidade do Algarve,
> Campus de Gambelas
> 8005-139 Faro
> Portugal
> Tef. 289 800 905 ext. 7605
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RIS-865225
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed

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