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[McIDAS #WFF-597037]: Convert McIDAS AREA to NETCDF

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  • Subject: [McIDAS #WFF-597037]: Convert McIDAS AREA to NETCDF
  • Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:55:56 -0700
Hi Heather,

re:
> Tom: you rock, I don't know what I would do without you!!! Thank you so much 
> for your
> help!

Thanks!  I have my moments ;-)

re:
> I read through your email and decided that the imgcopy approach sounded much 
> better than
> using the AreaToNetCDF program.  I did that and it worked perfectly, and the 
> netCDF
> files are CF compliant, which we needed.
> 
> Here are the commands that I used:
> 
> dsserve.k ADD CO2RAW/ECA AREA DIRFILE="$PWD/AREA.2004031.22z.eca*"
> dsserve.k ADD NETCDF/ECA NCDF 1 1000 TYPE=IMAGE "netCDF ECA image files"
> imgcopy.k CO2REMAP/ECA.1 NETCDF/ECA.1 UNIT=PROD BAND=1
> 
> This worked both with my raw files and my remapped files.  The other approach 
> did not
> work with remapped files, and it would have taken forever to reproject the 
> data after
> the fact.

Excellent, I am glad that the process suits your needs!

re:
> Thank you so so much!

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: WFF-597037
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed