[IDV #UUL-161546]: Re: 20150504: Support Request from IDV 4/27/15

> Thank you for your work on this. I thought using the IDV tool was easier
> than coding in the Terminal for me. Do you have a recommendation for
> converting a large number of netcdf files directly into Excel files with
> the same format that IDV gives?:
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> 

Rebecca,
     This is a bug in the EXCEL output. I just checked in a fix and you can 
download tomorrow's nightly.


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> I will be compiling all my data and using the temp and precip to compute
> potential evapotranspiration and direct runoff in Excel. Any ideas you
> might have would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you,
> Rebecca
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> address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Rebecca,
> >
> > I spent quite a bit of time looking into this problem this AM, and I
> > believe we
> > have a bonafide IDV bug which I have not gotten to the bottom of yet.
> >
> > But can we step back a moment and talk about your ultimate objective? The
> > truth
> > is that the IDV is not really designed to be a data conversion tool.  If
> > data
> > conversion into Excel is solely your ultimate objective, there may be
> > better
> > ways of going about about this problem.
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> > Also, I don't believe your date range has simply been shifted. But rather
> > the
> > dates are actually corrupt. Simply export the first time stamp and you
> > will see
> > that it gets shifted from the original January back into December.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> > > I should have saved it, but didn't so here is my attempt to rewrite the
> > > issue:
> > >
> > > I have been using the IDV to convert my netcdf files to Excel files since
> > > that issue was resolved back in March. The first 30 or so that I
> > converted,
> > > I checked the outputs and the files were good. A few weekends ago while
> > > converting more files, I opened one to check it and the dates that I had
> > > selected in the conversion tool were not the dates that were recorded in
> > > the Excel file. I am attaching an Excel file and netcdf file for
> > > Precipitation October 1991 as an example. I selected the times
> > > 1991_10_01_03 so 10/1/1991 time-step starting at 03:00 through
> > > 1991_11_01_00 so 11/1/1991 time-step 00:00 when converting the netcdf
> > file
> > > in IDV, however the dates/times that appear in the Excel file are
> > > 1991-09-26 03:00:00Z through 1991-10-27 00:00:00Z.
> > > I am wondering what went wrong and how to fix this? Additionally, I am
> > > wondering if the data is still correct and the dates listed are just
> > > incorrect in the Excel file, meaning I could just manually change the
> > > dates? Or if everything has just somehow been converted with the wrong
> > > information all together?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Rebecca Boyd
> > >
> > > pr_RCM3_gfdl_1991010103.nc
> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8Vzg9Q6QiWRX2MyOF9Dajh5RGc/edit?usp=drive_web
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> > >
> > >
> > > pr_RCM3_gfdl_1991100103_1991110100.xls
> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8Vzg9Q6QiWRaHd0Q3Y1Z080OW8/edit?usp=drive_web
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Rebecca,
> > > >
> > > > re:
> > > > >I submitted a "Support Request Form" via the IDV last Monday 4/27/15
> > and
> > > > >was wondering if it had been received?
> > > >
> > > > The last support inquiry we can find for you was on March 10:
> > > >
> > > > Subject: Trouble Converting NetCDF to Excel
> > > >
> > > > A reply to this inquiry was sent on March 11.
> > > >
> > > > Please resend the inquiry you sent last week, and we will take a look.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
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> > > University of Denver 2015
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> > Ticket Details
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> > Ticket ID: UUL-161546
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UUL-161546
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed