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Don, As a backup server you may be able to use: http://unidata-server.cloudapp.net/thredds/catalog.html It only has a subset of the data and it is unofficial, but should hopefully be getting more data and more official over time. It also has adde (also not all data) and ramadda (on port 8081 http://unidata-server.cloudapp.net:8081/repository) w/ server-side views of LDM data directories. There is also unidata-server-2 unidata-server-3. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Yes, it should be back now. > > Yuan > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 5, 2016, at 7:54 AM, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote: > > > > New Ticket: thredds.ucar.edu/thredds down? > > > > Full Name: Don Murray > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: CU/CIRES - NOAA/ESRL/PSD > > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC > > Operating System: Mac OS X > > Hardware: Java: home: /Applications/IDV_5.2/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre > > version: 1.8.0_45 j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > > Description of problem: I can't get to thredds.ucar.edu TDS either through > > IDV or Firefox > > > > Grid data source failed making data set: > > dods://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/grib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/files/GFS_CONUS_80km_20130410_1200.grib1 > > Grid data source failed making data set: > > dods://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/grib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/files/GFS_CONUS_80km_20130410_1200.grib1 > > Method failed:HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable on URL= > > http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/grib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/files/GFS_CONUS_80km_20130410_1200.grib1.dds > > > > ****************** > > Stack trace: > > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Method failed:HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily > > Unavailable on URL= > > http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/grib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/files/GFS_CONUS_80km_20130410_1200.grib1.dds > > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.openConnection(DConnect2.java:281) > > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:589) > > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:560) > > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:241) > > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422) > > at > > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDodsByReflection(NetcdfDataset.java:1040) > > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:990) > > at > > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:711) > > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:427) > > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:528) > > 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:1182) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1204) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterUnpersistence(GeoGridDataSource.java:412) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$18.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3539) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager$1.run(ThreadManager.java:292) > > at > > java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) > > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) > > at > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) > > at > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: ABY-137998 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > Link: > > https://andy.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=26641 > > <extra.html> > > <bundle.xidv> > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ABY-137998 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed