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Hi James, As you've found, there are some gaps in the netCDF-Java library's support for reading HDF, HDF5, HDF-EOS, and HDF5-EOS data. As we find sample datasets, we try to fill those gaps. We'll take a look at your sample file and get back to you. Thanks, Ethan > > Full Name: James Johnson > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: NASA/GSFC GES DISC > > Package Version: 2.7u2 build date:2009-08-26 16:33 UTC > > Operating System: Linux > > Hardware: Java: home: /home/jejohns1/IDV_2.7u2/jre version: 1.6.0_13 > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > > Description of problem: Couldn't get data > > 2 > > > > Trying to access an HDF-EOS5 OMI Level2 half-orbit swath > > file. Your program is able to list the available data > > arrays, it just doesn't know how to display the data values > > or plot the data. There is a lot of NASA earth science remote > > sensing data in HDF/HDF-EOS and HDF5/HDF-EOS5 file formats. > > It would be nice if IDV knew the how to properly handle > > HDF-EOS format. If you want, the file I'm reading is available > > for download at > > ftp://aurapar2u.ecs.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/Aura_OMI_Level2/OMTO3.003/2009/241/OMI-Aura_L2-OMTO3_2009m0829t1219-o27250_v003-2009m0829t175727.he5. > > > > ****************** > > Stack trace: > > java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 2 > > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.readDataSlice(GeoGrid.java:629) > > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.readDataSlice(GeoGrid.java:524) > > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.readVolumeData(GeoGrid.java:445) > > at ucar.visad.data.GeoGridFlatField.readData(GeoGridFlatField.java:220) > > at ucar.visad.data.CachedFlatField.getMyValues(CachedFlatField.java:479) > > at ucar.visad.data.CachedFlatField.unpackFloats(CachedFlatField.java:614) > > at ucar.visad.data.CachedFlatField.getRanges(CachedFlatField.java:331) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1446) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$100(GeoGridAdapter.java:128) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1361) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:223) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1376) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1087) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:1625) > > at > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1235) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2153) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239) > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1276) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2988) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2970) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:561) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:112) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:425) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1268) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:977) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:979) > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:904) > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1061) Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RLU-656423 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Open