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[netCDFJava #ALJ-330520]: Error conversion nexrad data to netcdf

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  • Subject: [netCDFJava #ALJ-330520]: Error conversion nexrad data to netcdf
  • Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:06 -0600
Hi Jos:

Yes, theres apparently something wrong with the file. Can you see if it got 
damaged somehow, perhaps obtain another one?

John

> Dear all,
> 
> I received a database with NEXRAD data which I want to convert to
> NETCDF.
> 
> Following the guidelines on the NOAA NCDC webpage ...
> 
> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radar-decoding-easy.html
> 
> ... I downloaded the "toolsUI-4.2.jar" and then, as recommended, ran the
> following command on the command-line:
> 
> java -classpath toolsUI-4.2.jar ucar.nc2.FileWriter -in test.nexrad -out
> test.nc
> 
> which resulted in the following error message:
> 
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException:
> index=-1 shape=361
> at ucar.ma2.Index2D.set1(Index2D.java:118)
> at ucar.ma2.Index2D.set(Index2D.java:125)
> at
> ucar.nc2.iosp.nexrad2.Nexrad2IOServiceProvider.makeCoordinateDataWithMis
> sing(Nexrad2IOServiceProvider.java:544)
> at
> ucar.nc2.iosp.nexrad2.Nexrad2IOServiceProvider.makeVariable(Nexrad2IOSer
> viceProvider.java:383)
> at
> ucar.nc2.iosp.nexrad2.Nexrad2IOServiceProvider.open(Nexrad2IOServiceProv
> ider.java:123)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.<init>(NetcdfFile.java:1318)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:754)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:394)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:364)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:351)
> at ucar.nc2.FileWriter.main(FileWriter.java:750)
> 
> Now, I am absolutely no java-expert, but does this message imply that
> something is wrong with the nexrad-file itself?
> 
> For convenience, the nexrad-file is located here:
> 
> http://www.knmi.nl/~laatdej/TMP/test.nexrad
> 
> Hope you can help.
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> 
> Jos de Laat.
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> A.T.J. de Laat (Jos), Ph.D
> Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
> PO box 201
> 3730 AE de Bilt
> The Netherlands
> Tel (direct): 030-2206892
> Fax: 030-2210407
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> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ALJ-330520
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open