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> Full Name: Syed Hamid Ali > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Purdue University > Package Version: 6.0u1 build date:2021-07-29 17:09 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: /Applications/IDV_6.0u1/jre.bundle/Contents/Home > version: 1.8.0_282 j3d:1.6.1 fcs fcs > Description of problem: Netcdf sweep error:init > java.lang.NullPointerException > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.loadData(NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.java:338) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.init(NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.java:144) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.<init>(NetcdfSweepfileAdapter.java:130) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfRadarDataSource.makeRadarAdapter(NetcdfRadarDataSource.java:136) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$1.run(RadarDataSource.java:299) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:276) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:248) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:215) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.makeAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:320) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:252) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getRadarAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:637) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.NetcdfRadarDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(NetcdfRadarDataSource.java:111) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1856) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1643) > at > ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSourceAndAskForType(DataManager.java:1389) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:1381) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1856) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1643) > at > ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSourceAndAskForType(DataManager.java:1389) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:1381) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1856) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1643) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1978) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1895) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1829) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1802) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:659) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:528) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:550) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Hi Syed, I need some information of the radar dataset you were trying to load, if possible upload a sample file here: https://ramadda.unidata.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JIN-167233 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== 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.