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> Hello idv folks.
>
> Any bells ring about why this remote data file fails me?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
> Brian
>
Brian,
The pydap is quite different comparing to the regular opendap dataset.
The url is basically a http link and the netCDF java library is not ready to
access this kind of dataset.
Yuan
> > java.io.EOFException.
> > In grads, the reading error appears as
> > gadsdf: SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.
> >
> >
> > ---------------
> > Example of unopenable URL:
> > http://portal.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/wrfidv_d01_2011-11-01_01.nc
> > But when I download the file
> > Downloads/wrfidv_d01_2011-11-01_01.nc
> > it works OK.
> >
> >
> > So it is a PyDAP serving issue.
> >
> >
> > ------------
> > This file on the same server works:
> > http://portal.nersc.gov/pydap/20C_Reanalysis_ensemble/analysis.derived/pwat/pwat_1928.daily.nc
> > so it seems the PyDAP server itself is OK. Just the files or tree are not
> > set up right?
>
>
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MHJ-258620
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed