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[IDV #NDG-802839]: IDV unable to read a NetCDF file

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  • Subject: [IDV #NDG-802839]: IDV unable to read a NetCDF file
  • Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:17:49 -0700
> IDV,
> 
> I am working at COMET preparing a course on meteorology and oceanography
> of the Arabian Sea and Middle East.
> 
> FNMOC Monterey provided me with some mean significant wave height files
> (example attached) which I can't get IDV to read.
> 
> Panoply (I can do more with IDV) does import the files and FNMOC has
> tested them successfully with MATLAB (which I don't have access to).
> 
> Could you look the file over and provide advice.
> 
> Thanks for your help, Frank Bub
> 
> **************************************
> Frank L. Bub, PhD, Oceanography
> COMET Casual Employee
> address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>, 303-497-8319
> **************************************
> 
> 

Hi Frank,

The file is not CF complaint. See the attached ncml file I used to modify the 
file and the IDV
should be able to load and display it.

Yuan
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NDG-802839
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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