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> Full Name: Isabel Iglesias > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CIIMAR/UPorto > Package Version: 6.2u1 > Operating System: Windows > Hardware: > Description of problem: Dear IDV developers > > My name is Isabel and I am a researcher that also teach at the University of > Porto, Portugal. Since some years ago I use IDV for my practical lessons, and > I always used the IDV catalog to load the data (easier for the students). > Unfortunately, this year I am not able to do that. When I try to load the > Community IDV Catalog, NOAA Oceanography Data, Ocean Watch (for CHLa, wind, > SST, Significant Wave Height and ADT), the next error appear: > > Could not load catalog: > http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/catalog.xml > > Maybe a server problem and not a IDV problem? Yes, this is a server problem and you could contact the server side to request the support. > > I also have problems when trying to load the ETOPO1 TopoBathymetry at: > Community IDV Catalog, Topography/Bathymetry, Global, ETOPO1. The error now > is: > > There was an error loading the data: > java.lang.NullPointerException This is outside server from a university and the server is down. There is another side you can try: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/catalog.xml Last time I checked this server is up and running normal. Thanks, Yuan > > I tried on several locations (from the university to home), just to see if it > could be a problem of net permissions, but nothing seems to work. Can you > give me any clue? > > Thank you for your support > > Kind regards > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YUM-428262 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.