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>From: Rob Petrini <address@hidden> >Organization: ABoM >Keywords: 200012202351.eBKNplo14280 McIDAS netCDF ADDE Rob, et. al., I have finally freed up some time to look into your long ignored request; I apologize for the excessive delay. Yesterday I successfully read in data from a simple netCDF grid file. Later tonight I will try to find the grids you refer to and see if I can come up with an configuration file that allows their read. Since I don't recognize the files you referred to: ncdc_lo_precip.nc slp.2000.nc t0n155w_dy.nc can you tell me exactly where/how you got them. Thanks in advance. >I am trying to read netCDF files in Mcidas 7.7. > >My initial tests on a sample file generated at BoM was unsatisfactory. >In consultation with Jeff Wilson, an email was sent to Unidata. > >I next tried reading some of Unidata's sample netCDF files >(ncdc_lo_precip.nc, slp.2000.nc, t0n155w_dy.nc) I progressed further, >and finally succumbed to an " grid type /map name" error. > >Question: Where is the grid/map details needed? In the config file or >is it a part of the netCDF file generated? > >ncBrowser revealed no light when I inspected the sample netCDF files, >other than lat, long, time, variables, attributes. This did not help >either when included in the config file. > >Can you please provide a configuration file for the sample netcDF files >that are available for download. > >I have attached a config file and a Mcidas trace file that resulted >from one of my tests. > >Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your reply or any advice >that you could offer. > >Regards, > >Rob Petrini > >-- >Rob Petrini | Bureau of Meteorology, >address@hidden | 150 Lonsdale St, >Facsimile (061-03)-96694128 | Phone (061-03)-96694391 >AIFS Team | http://www.bom.gov.au Tom Yoksas