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Hi Rick: Im issuing a fix for this (null attribute values) in netcdf-java release, it will be ready tommorow. Check with yuan about ncIDV.jar. John > Hi All, > > I was testing a NetCDF file for McIDAS-V and it worked with 1.0, but not > our latest nightly. File also fails with IDV 2.9u4 and 2.9u2. Tom > Whittaker suggested I send the information onto you guys. Let me know > what you find, we are trying to put out a release in the near future. > > Rick > > File can be found here: > ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/straka/rink/MSG8_SEVIRI_2006236_1500_00_AWG_CLOUD_MASK.nc > > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.EnhancementsImpl.getDescription(EnhancementsImpl.java:106) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.VariableDS.getDescription(VariableDS.java:327) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GeoGrid.getDescription(GeoGrid.java:355) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeDataChoiceFromGeoGrid(GeoGridDataSource.java:1917) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:1217) > at > ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1844) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1561) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1822) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.chooser.PollingFileChooser.selectFilesInner(PollingFileChooser.java:336) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:231) > at > edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.chooser.PollingFileChooser.doLoadInThread(PollingFileChooser.java:234) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1066) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1094) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JLE-985841 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed