[McIDAS #LSJ-196213]: Converting to netCDF

Hi Carol,

re: running a version of ncdump that gets built with McIDAS
> 
> %which ncdump
> /home/mcidas/bin/ncdump

OK, thanks for the info.

re:
> This machine is running the version of 'ncdump' that gets built as part of
> a McIDAS installation.... hum

That version should have worked fine.

re:
> I used a different machine to run an ncdump. I was see that a lot of the
> data at the beginning is zero, but then there are a lot of other values.

This is to be expected if you are copying an entire image and the image
is a full disk scan since there will be a lot of space in the scan.

re:
> Is there anything I should specifically check using ncdump? The header is
> the following, and I think that looks good.
> 
> netcdf meteosat-11.201808282015.03I {
> dimensions:
> xc = 3712 ;
> yc = 3712 ;
> time = 1 ;
> auditCount = 3 ;
> auditSize = 80 ;
> variables:
> int version ;
> version:long_name = "McIDAS area file version" ;
> int sensorID ;
> sensorID:long_name = "McIDAS sensor number" ;
> int imageDate ;
> imageDate:long_name = "image year and day of year (in ccyyddd format)" ;
> int imageTime ;
> imageTime:long_name = "image time in UTC (hours/minutes/seconds, in HHMMSS
> format)" ;
> int startLine ;
> startLine:long_name = "starting image line (in satellite coordinates)" ;
> int startElem ;
> startElem:long_name = "starting image element (in satellite coordinates)" ;
> int time(time) ;
> time:long_name = "seconds since 1970-1-1 0:0:0" ;
> time:units = "seconds since 1970-1-1 0:0:0" ;
> int dataWidth ;
> dataWidth:long_name = "number of 8-bit bytes per source data point" ;
> int lineRes ;
> lineRes:long_name = "resolution of each pixel in line direction" ;
> lineRes:units = "km" ;
> int elemRes ;
> elemRes:long_name = "resolution of each pixel in element direction" ;
> elemRes:units = "km" ;
> int prefixSize ;
> prefixSize:long_name = "line prefix size in 8-bit bytes" ;
> int crDate ;
> crDate:long_name = "image creation year and day of year in ccyyddd format" ;
> int crTime ;
> crTime:long_name = "image creation time in UTC in hhmmss format" ;
> int bands ;
> bands:long_name = "satellite channel number" ;
> char auditTrail(auditCount, auditSize) ;
> auditTrail:long_name = "audit trail" ;
> float data(time, yc, xc) ;
> data :long_name = "Raw Satellite Counts" ;
> data :type = "MSG " ;
> data :coordinates = "lon lat" ;
> float lat(yc, xc) ;
> lat:long_name = "lat" ;
> lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
> float lon(yc, xc) ;
> lon:long_name = "lon" ;
> lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
> 
> // global attributes:
> :Conventions = "CF-1.4" ;
> :Source = "McIDAS Area File" ;
> :Satellite\ Sensor = "METEOSAT11  " ;
> }

This all looks OK to me.

To check the netCDF file, I would try displaying the image in it using
an application that works with netCDF as input, something like the
IDV.

re:
> Thanks again for your help today!

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LSJ-196213
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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