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[netCDF #NFO-217382]: Variables not displayed with ncdump

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  • Subject: [netCDF #NFO-217382]: Variables not displayed with ncdump
  • Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:32:50 -0700
Hi,

> When I use ncdump -h in order to display the header of my netcdf file,
> there is only one variable displayed. However, if I use Panoply and
> choose to display 'all variables', the missing ones are also displayed.
> 
> Can someone explain why some variables are not displayed and recognized
> using ncdump ?

No, that's puzzling.  Can you run "ncdump -k ..." on your netCDF file
to see what kind of format ncdump thinks it is?  If ncdump complains
that the "-k" option is not valid, it's possible you are using an
older version of ncdump that cannot access netCDF-4 files, but that
you have a version of Panoply which understands netCDF-4 files.  But
in that case, it should not be able to display any variables.

Can you make your netCDF file available to us via FTP or HTTP so we
can try to replicate the problem here?

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NFO-217382
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed