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Hi Ferdy, I think it is just a matter of correctly accessing the catalog URL. In the IDV Dashboard, Data Choosers tab, go to the Catalog node and enter https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/hyrax/MODISA/L3SMI/2016/catalog.xml I obtained this URL navigating here in a web browser: https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/hyrax/MODISA/L3SMI/2016/ and scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page to find the THREDDS Catalog XML. In the IDV, you will then be presented a hierarchy of data sources from the OpenDAP server. You can then navigate to the data sources you were trying to load. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Ferdy > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: IPB (Bogor Agriculture University) > Package Version: 5.4 build date:2017-05-18 16:06 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_111 version: > 1.8.0_111 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: > https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov:443/opendap/hyrax/MODISA/L3SMI/2016/001/A2016001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chl_ocx_4km.nc > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov:443/opendap/hyrax/MODISA/L3SMI/2016/001/A2016001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chl_ocx_4km.nc > Method failed:HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request on URL= > http://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov:443/opendap/hyrax/MODISA/L3SMI/2016/001/A2016001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chl_ocx_4km.nc.dds > > ****************** > Stack trace: > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Method failed:HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request on URL= > http://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov:443/opendap/hyrax/MODISA/L3SMI/2016/001/A2016001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chl_ocx_4km.nc.dds > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.openConnection(DConnect2.java:296) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:593) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:564) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:243) > 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:1078) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:1028) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:718) > 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:555) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:620) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:530) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DQD-886981 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.