[IDV #TJZ-537267]: Read Pre-Projected grads data file problem?

> Full Name: Dave
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: NMC of China
> Package Version: 5.1u2 build date:2015-04-27 16:07 UTC
> Operating System: Windows 7
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.1u2\jre version: 1.7.0_51 
> j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> Description of problem: Hi:
> I have a LAPS Pre-Projected grads data, and want to read into IDV.
> But I get the fellowing errors:
> 
> There was an error loading the data:
> Error creating data source:file.grads with: E:\latest.ctl
> Grid data source failed making data set: E:\latest.ctl
> Cant read E:\latest.ctl: not a valid CDM file.
> 
> Here is the Grads ctl file:
> 

I have no expertise on grads ctr file, please check with some people from 
公共气象服务中心. As I know they use a lot LAPS model output.


Yuan
> dset ^latest
> title laps data
> undef 1e37
> options sequential
> pdef 1401 1153 lcc 32.0 108. 701.0 577.0 30.0 60.0 108. 5000. 5000.
> xdef 2201 linear 55.0 0.05
> ydef 1251 linear 0. 0.05
> zdef 17 levels 1000 975 950 925 900 875 850 800 750 700 650 600 500 400 300 
> 200 100
> tdef 1 linear 12z10AUG15 1hr
> vars 33
> ht   17 0 height(m)
> t    17 0 temperature(K)
> u    17 0 u(m/s)
> v    17 0 v(m/s)
> w    17 0 w(pa/s)
> rh   17 0 relative humidity(%)
> q    17 0 specific humidity(kg/kg)
> lps  17 0 dBZ
> lcp  17 0 fractional cloud cover pressure coord(%)
> cty  17 0 cloud type
> lwc  17 0  cloud liquid water(kg/m**3)
> ice  17 0  cloud ice(kg/m**3)
> sno  17 0 cloud snow content(kg/m**3)
> rai  17 0 rain content(kg/m**3)
> lcb  0 0 laps cloud base(meters)
> lct  0 0 laps cloud top (meters)
> us   0 0 surface u(m/s)
> vs   0 0 surface v(m/s)
> ts   0 0 surface temperature(K)
> tds  0 0 surface dewpoint temperature(K)
> ws   0 0 surface w(m/s)
> rhs  0 0 surface relative humidity(%)
> slp  0 0 MSL pressure(pa)
> ps  0 0 surface pressure(pa)
> vis  0 0 visibility(m)
> twp  0 0 integrated total precipitable water(m)
> lil   0 0 integrated liquid water
> li   0 0 Lifted Index
> pbe  0 0  Positive Bouyant Energy
> nbe  0 0 Negative Bouyant Energy
> si   0 0  Showalter Index
> kk   0 0  K Index
> lcl  0 0  Lifted Condensation Level
> endvars
> 
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> java.io.IOException: Cant read E:\latest.ctl: not a valid CDM file.
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:811)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:428)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:744)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:428)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:529)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:117)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1186)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1208)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:511)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1572)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1979)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1896)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1830)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1803)
> 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:1215)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243)
> 
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TJZ-537267
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed