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[IDV #BEX-815144]: Problem reading some NC grids

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  • Subject: [IDV #BEX-815144]: Problem reading some NC grids
  • Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:21:24 -0600
> Hello IDV Folks,
> 
> The latest version of the global drifter data climatologies are at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/pub/lumpkin/drifter_climatology/monthly/
> 
> I'm trying to display the NC grids in IDV, and can't get it to recognize
> any more than a single element, the number of observations grid.  There
> should also be grids of U's, V's and SST's, as confirmed by ncBrowse.
> 
> Can you see what the problem is?

The problem is that these nc files not following CF convention. There is no 
coordinates attribute for each of those variables.

Yuan
> 
> Murray
> 
> Murray Brown
> 1710 Washington St.
> New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168
> PLEASE USE ONLY THIS EMAIL --> address@hidden
> www.marinedataliteracy.org <http://www.marinedataliteracy.org/>
> 
> 
> Hello IDV Folks,
> 
> The latest version of the global drifter data climatologies are at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/pub/lumpkin/drifter_climatology/monthly/
> 
> I'm trying to display the NC grids in IDV, and can't get it to recognize
> any more than a single element, the number of observations grid.  There
> should also be grids of U's, V's and SST's, as confirmed by ncBrowse.
> 
> Can you see what the problem is?
> 
> Murray
> 
> Murray Brown
> 1710 Washington St.
> New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168
> PLEASE USE ONLY THIS EMAIL --> address@hidden
> www.marinedataliteracy.org <http://www.marinedataliteracy.org/>
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BEX-815144
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed