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> Full Name: kunal > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/kunal/IDV_4.1/jre version: 1.6.0_41 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: > > > There was an error loading the data: > > Error creating data source:netcdf.point with: > /home/kunal/Downloads/TL3ATD.002.dimensionAverage.13807_0.nc > Point obs data source failed making data set: > /home/kunal/Downloads/TL3ATD.002.dimensionAverage.13807_0.nc > Unable to make a PointDataset from > /home/kunal/Downloads/TL3ATD.002.dimensionAverage.13807_0.nc > Error = CFpointObs cant find a Time coordinate > CFpointObs cant find a Latitude coordinate > CFpointObs cant find a Longitude coordinate > > **Failed to find FeatureDatasetFactory for= > /home/kunal/Downloads/TL3ATD.002.dimensionAverage.13807_0.nc > datatype=ANY_POINT > > The IDV requires the input data to be in CF compliance. Please reference the CF document to make sure your data is in good shape. "http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.7-draft1/cf-conventions.html#idp8498784" Regards, Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Unable to make a PointDataset from > /home/kunal/Downloads/TL3ATD.002.dimensionAverage.13807_0.nc > Error = CFpointObs cant find a Time coordinate > CFpointObs cant find a Latitude coordinate > CFpointObs cant find a Longitude coordinate > > **Failed to find FeatureDatasetFactory for= > /home/kunal/Downloads/TL3ATD.002.dimensionAverage.13807_0.nc > datatype=ANY_POINT > > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.doMakeDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:282) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.getDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:252) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.initAfterCreation(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:209) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1597) > 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:1223) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: LUS-519340 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed