[IDV #ZMO-284302]: failure to read netCDF files

Greetings Paul,

Would you mind uploading an example file for us to check out?

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

Thanks!

Sean

> Full Name: Paul Prososki
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Texas Tech University Atmospheric Science Group
> Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC
> Operating System: Linux
> Hardware: Java: home: /usr/local/IDV_3.0u2/jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 
> fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: IDV fails to read my .nc files seemingly regardless 
> of the data type I choose to open it as.  If I choose the netCDF type, it 
> tells me there is "No gridded data for" the file.  Below is the other error 
> I'll get:
> 
> Netcdf sweep error:init
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.loadData(NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.java:338)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.init(NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.java:144)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.<init>(NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.java:130)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfRadarDataSource.makeRadarAdapter(NetcdfRadarDataSource.java:132)
> at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$1.run(RadarDataSource.java:297)
> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273)
> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245)
> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:212)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.makeAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:319)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:251)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getRadarAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:631)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfRadarDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(NetcdfRadarDataSource.java:107)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1839)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1579)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSourceAndAskForType(DataManager.java:1364)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:1241)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1839)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1579)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSourceAndAskForType(DataManager.java:1364)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:1241)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1839)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1579)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSourceAndAskForType(DataManager.java:1364)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:1241)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1839)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1579)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1062)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090)
> 
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZMO-284302
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open