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> Full Name: Juan Palma > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CONAGUA > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.2\jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: > When i choose > Juan, I can not tell which path missing from the content of your email. It is likely the dataset might not be complete when the new dataset is coming and the TDS server needs to regenerate the index. If this is the case, you can wait a few minutes and try again. Yuan > http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/latest.xml > > open this > > Data format: GRIB-2 > Data type: GRID > Harvest: true > Naming Authority: edu.ucar.unidata > ID: grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > Documentation: > > summary: Single reference time Grib Collection > summary: Forecasts grids starting from the 0 hour forecast every 3 hours out > to 10 days, then 12 hour forecasts for days 10-16. > summary: NCEP GFS Model : AWIPS 230 (G) Grid. Global Lat/Lon grid. Model runs > at 0, 6, 12, and 18Z. Horizontal= 721 by 14400 points, resolution 0.25 > degree, Lat/Lon projection. Vertical= 1000 to 100 hPa mandatory pressure > levels (26 levels); surface, height above ground, pressure layers. > summary: NCEP Global Forecast System Model, previously called AVN/MRF (Medium > Range Forecast) > COMET MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) documentation > NCEP Model Notes > NCEP Model documentation > rights: Freely available > processing_level: Transmitted through Unidata Internet Data Distribution. > processing_level: Read by CDM Grib Collection. > NCEP/NWS Model Analyses and Forecasts page > Unidata IDD Model Data page > Reference Time: 2015-12-09T12:00:00Z > Access: > > OPENDAP: > /thredds/dodsC/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > HTTPServer: > /thredds/fileServer/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > WCS: > /thredds/wcs/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > WMS: > /thredds/wms/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > NetcdfSubset: > /thredds/ncss/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > CdmRemote: > /thredds/cdmremote/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > NCML: > /thredds/ncml/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > UDDC: > /thredds/uddc/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > ISO: > /thredds/iso/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_0p25deg/GFS_Global_0p25deg_20151209_1200.grib2 > Creators: > > DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP > email: http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/mail_liaison.shtml > http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/ > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather > Service (NWS) > National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) > > > email: http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/mail_liaison.shtml > http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/ > Publishers: > > UCAR/UNIDATA > email: address@hidden > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)/Unidata > email: address@hidden > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > Variables: > > VariableMap > GeospatialCoverage: > > Global > Longitude: 0.0 to 360.0 Resolution=0.25 degrees_east > Latitude: -90.0 to 90.0 Resolution=-0.25 degrees_north > TimeCoverage: > > Start: 2015-12-09T12:00:00Z > End: 2015-12-25T12:00:00Z > Properties: > > Originating_or_generating_Center = "US National Weather Service, National > Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)" > Originating_or_generating_Subcenter = "0" > GRIB_table_version = "2,1" > Type_of_generating_process = "Forecast" > Analysis_or_forecast_generating_process_identifier_defined_by_originating_centre > = "Analysis from GFS (Global Forecast System)" > file_format = "GRIB-2" > Conventions = "CF-1.6" > history = "Read using CDM IOSP GribCollection v3" > featureType = "GRID" > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZUI-215048 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed