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Bonjour Jean-Pierre, The problem is NOAA recently switched to https. Simply try: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/catalog.xml. Cordialement, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: jean-pierre > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Arctic Portal > Package Version: 5.3 build date:2016-05-23 19:17 UTC > Operating System: Windows 8.1 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.3\jre version: 1.8.0_45 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Expanding xlink > node:http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/catalog.xml > Error parsing xml: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/catalog.xml > The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>". > The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>". > line:6 column:3 > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: > http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/catalog.xml > The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>". > The element type "hr" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</hr>". > line:6 column:3 > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1338) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler$2.readXlinkXml(ThreddsHandler.java:356) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlTree.expandXlink(XmlTree.java:1075) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler$2.expandXlink(ThreddsHandler.java:488) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlTree$XlinkTreeNode.checkExpansionInner(XmlTree.java:912) > 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 =================== Ticket ID: QRN-363846 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.