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Hi Jingfeng, re: > I am a new user of McIDAS. Recently I run into a difficulty when trying to > convert GOES7-VIS data in AREA format into NETCDF format. Basically, I did not > get what I suppose to get: the converted files have nothing to do with the VIS > signals. Here is the shell script I used to do the conversion: > > >#!/bin/sh > >dir=$HOME/NOAA_GOES > >clear > >for files in ${dir}/*AREA_VIS > >do > > fname=${files##/*/} > > day=`echo $fname | cut -c13-15` > > time=`echo $fname | cut -c17-20` > > echo $fname $day $time > > # Coping the file > > rm -f ~/mcidas/data/AREA0131 > > rm -f ~/mcidas/data/AREA0132 > > rm -f ~/mcidas/data/AREA0133 > > cp ${files} ~/mcidas/data/AREA0131 > > imgcopy.k GOES7/VIS.131 GOES7/VIS.132 LATLON=-7 68 PLACE=ULEFT RES=1 > > SIZE=1000 1000 > > imgremap.k GOES7/VIS.132 GOES7/VIS.133 PRO=MERC RES=1 SIZE=1000 1000 > > imgcopy.k GOES7/VIS.133 NETCDF/ALBEDO.1 SIZE=1000 1000 > > # Move the netcdf > > mv ~/mcidas/data/ALBEDO0001.nc ~/NOAA_GOES/NETCDF/ALB.${day}.${time}.VIS.nc > > done > > Anyone encountered a similar problem with a solution? I don't know if anyone has encountered a problem similar to what you allude to. In order to better understand what you are experiencing, I need to know several things: - what user is your script running as - are your trying to run the scrip out of a cron job - how is your NETCDF dataset setup - how is your GOES7 dataset setup - does your GOES7/VIS.133 image (created by the imgremap.k execution) look correct - finally, when you say that "the converted files have nothing to do with the VIS signals" what _exactly_ do you mean > Your help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TPD-549903 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed