[netCDF #HOT-122007]: converting grib2 files to netcdf using wgrib2 -netcdf

The -isLargeFile option is now in the lastest 4.1 release at: 

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/

under the "Development version 4.1" downloads. 

You can wrap the original dataset in ncml, and use the <remove> element to 
remove the ones you dont want, see

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ncml/

example at:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ncml/v2.2/Cookbook.html#remove

the xml file must have the suffix ".ncml", and it then becomes the "in" file:

java -Xmx512m -classpath netcdfAll-4.0.jar ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset -in 
myfile.ncml -out out.nc

> Russ:
> 
> Thanks again for the quick response.  Actually, I only need the wind field
> data (UGRD, VVEL, AND VGRD), and only for a particular geographic subregion.
> If there's a way to just convert those data to NetCDF, the -isLargeFile
> option won't be necessary.
> 
> I'm just learning how to do this.  I'll poke through the NetCDF-Java
> documentation.  If you know offhand how it would be done and can tell me,
> that would be even better.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Larry
> 
> David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory
> 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Bldg. 10, Suite 100
> Vancouver, WA 98683 USA
> tel. 360-993-8925  fax 360-993-8980
> http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Projects/Mastin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata netCDF Java Support
> [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:41 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [netCDF #HOT-122007]: converting grib2 files to netcdf using wgrib2
> -netcdf
> 
> Hi Larry:
> 
> The problem is that the 2 Gb netcdf file limit is being exceeded (yes it
> expands that much!). I will add a -isLargeFile option to allow writing to
> the 64-bit offset version. It will take a few days to get teh release out,
> ill let you know when its ready.
> 
> > Thanks, Russ.
> >
> > I downloaded NetCDFAll-4.0.jar from that site and it now finds the main
> > class.  However I am getting another error message indicating the
> > variable starting position is exceeding an allowed value (see below).
> >
> > My grib2 file is pretty big (383 Mb).  Is there a size limit to the
> > grib2 files that can be read?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > *******************************************************************
> > Command & error messages below:
> >
> > lgmastin@phobos:~/ncj> java -Xmx512m -classpath netcdfAll-4.0.jar
> > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset -in
> > ~/grib2/testfiles/NAM_Alaska_11km_20090920_0600.grib2 -out
> > ~/grib2/testfiles/NAM_Alaska_11km_20090920_0600.nc
> > Read
> > from /home/lgmastin/grib2/testfiles/NAM_Alaska_11km_20090920_0600.grib2
> > write to /home/lgmastin/grib2/testfiles/NAM_Alaska_11km_20090920_0600.nc
> >
> > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Variable
> > starting pos=2343709348 may not exceed 2147483647
> > at ucar.nc2.iosp.netcdf3.N3header.writeHeader(N3header.java:626)
> > at ucar.nc2.iosp.netcdf3.N3header.create(N3header.java:560)
> > at ucar.nc2.iosp.netcdf3.N3iosp.create(N3iosp.java:640)
> > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFileWriteable.create(NetcdfFileWriteable.java:594)
> > at ucar.nc2.FileWriter.writeToFile(FileWriter.java:195)
> > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.main(NetcdfDataset.java:1600)
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 16:11 -0700, Unidata netCDF Java Support wrote:
> > > Larry,
> > >
> > > Alternatively, if from http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/
> > > you had downloaded
> > >
> > >   "The complete netCDF library (MD5) implements the full CDM model, with
> all dependent jars included."
> > >
> > > you would have gotten  netcdfAll-4.0.jar file instead of the .zip file
> you used, and that would have worked, using:
> > >
> > >   java -Xmx512m -classpath netcdfAll-4.0.jar
> ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset -in
> ~/grib2/testfiles/NAM_Alaska_11km_20090920_0600.grib2 -out
> > > ~/grib2/testfiles/NAM_Alaska_11km_20090920_0600.nc
> > >
> > > --Russ
> > >
> > >
> > > Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> > > address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ticket Details
> > > ===================
> > > Ticket ID: HOT-122007
> > > Department: Support netCDF Java
> > > Priority: Normal
> > > Status: Closed
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: HOT-122007
> Department: Support netCDF Java
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HOT-122007
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed