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Re: Convention attribute wrong in netcdf sst file

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  • Subject: Re: Convention attribute wrong in netcdf sst file
  • Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:23:07 -0700
yes these work fine (see attached), thanks.

richard.w.reynolds wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> The files are at:
> Index of ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/GHRSST/data/L4/GLOB/NCDC/
> click on 'AVHRR_AMSR_OI' then the year and then the Julian day.
> For example:
> Index of
>
ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/GHRSST/data/L4/GLOB/NCDC/AVHRR_AMSR_OI/2008/130/
>
>
> Dick
>
> John Caron said the following on 2/9/2009 3:38 PM:
>> Hi Dick:
>>
>> richard.w.reynolds wrote:
>>
>>> Dear John Caron,
>>>
>>> We can certainly fix that. However, there are almost 30 years of daily
>>> files. Thus, it will take some time.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I understand.
>>
>>
>>> We have not had complaints about this before.
>>>
>>
>> Because we are a generic data reader, we tend to run into these
>> problems even when specialized
>> software can tolerate them.
>>
>>
>>> How can we be sure that this minor error is causing Ken Richmond to be
>>> unable to read the netcdf files?
>>>
>>
>> Ken is using our software (Netcdf-Java / IDV) to read these files, so
>> I was able to confirm the problem.
>>
>>
>>> These files are also available at http://ghrsst.jpl.nasa.gov/
>>> There
>>> :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
>>> Is this OK?
>>> Maybe Ken Richmond can try to read those files.
>>>
>>
>>
>>   :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
>>
>> should work, but I should double check.
>>
>> Ken, can you download an equivalent file and send to me (or its URL)?
>>
>> Dick, thanks very much for your help.
>>
>> John
>>
>

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