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Hi Fetene, This THREDDS server is quite old and could use an update: http://thredds.itc.nl:8180/thredds/serverInfo.html Please contact Valentijn about this issue. Also Tijn may be able to give you advice about this specific dataset. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Fetene > Organization: University of Twente > Package Version: 5.3 build date:2016-05-23 19:17 UTC > Operating System: Windows 10 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91 version: > 1.8.0_91 j3d:1.6.0-pre10-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:opendap.grid with: > http://thredds.itc.nl:8180/thredds/dodsC/case3All/IRILDEO_NDVI_longtermavg_South_Africa.nc > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://thredds.itc.nl:8180/thredds/dodsC/case3All/IRILDEO_NDVI_longtermavg_South_Africa.nc > HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found: > http://thredds.itc.nl:8180/thredds/dodsC/case3All/IRILDEO_NDVI_longtermavg_South_Africa.nc.dds > > ****************** > Stack trace: > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found: > http://thredds.itc.nl:8180/thredds/dodsC/case3All/IRILDEO_NDVI_longtermavg_South_Africa.nc.dds > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.openConnection(DConnect2.java:288) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:593) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:564) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:241) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDodsByReflection(NetcdfDataset.java:1030) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:980) > 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:1189) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1211) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:513) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1577) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1341) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1324) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.loadDataFiles(IntegratedDataViewer.java:556) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:621) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:531) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ADY-129263 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.