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> Full Name: Ingrid Kintu > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: University of Twente ITC > Package Version: 6.1 build date:2022-08-01 21:52 UTC > Operating System: Windows 10 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_6.1\jre version: 1.8.0_302 > j3d:1.6.1 fcs fcs > Description of problem: Hi there, > > I am hoping that you can help me with this issue. > > I used this link to access the remote data, > dods://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP/.CPC/.FEWS/.Africa/.TEN-DAY/.RFEv1/.est_prcp/dods Yes, this is a bug we are working on it. When there is a solution we will make 6.1u1 release. Yuan > > For fields, I selected Estimated Precipitation and for displays, I selected > Data Probe/Time Series. I then selected time slices for 1996 (36dekads), and > subset a small area in Western Africa. > > When I try to create the display, I get this error > > Couldn't get data > illegal reduce dim 0 : length != 1 > > What might I be doing wrong? > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: illegal reduce dim 0 : length != 1 > at ucar.ma2.Index.reduce(Index.java:345) > at ucar.ma2.Array.reduce(Array.java:915) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.readDataSlice(GeoGrid.java:634) > at ucar.visad.data.GeoGridFlatField.readData(GeoGridFlatField.java:287) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.getMyValues(CachedFlatField.java:463) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.unpackFloats(CachedFlatField.java:602) > at visad.data.CachedFlatField.getRanges(CachedFlatField.java:369) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1570) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$100(GeoGridAdapter.java:113) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1457) > at visad.util.ThreadManager$1.run(ThreadManager.java:295) > at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OBX-544434 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.