[netCDF #XKH-644219]: Problem reading an HDF file with netcdf4.

Hi Benno,

Sorry to have taken so long to respond to your question about netCDF-4
reading HDF4 MODIS files.  (I assume they're HDF-EOS?)
The developer who added the HDF4 support to the netCDF C library, got
lured away to another position, and took all our HDF4 expertise with him.

I tried to build the latest netCDF-4 snapshot release with HDF4 support,
and hit an obstacle that I didn't immediately know how to get over, so
I've been unable to reproduce the problem you reported.

But it sounds like a problem with the original data rather than netCDF-4.

One other thing you could try is the netCDF-Java library.  It has an
independent implementation of access to HDF-EOS data.  If you can find
access to the data through a TDS (THREDDS) server, it will be using the 
netCDF-Java implementation.

--Russ

> I find that I also get errors with the following files using an old copy of
> hdp, an HDF utility.
> 
> ftp://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOLT/MOD13Q1.005/2003.06.26/
> 
> MOD13Q1.A2003177.h03v07.005.2007337230353.hdf
> MOD13Q1.A2003177.h12v08.005.2007339004035.hdf
> MOD13Q1.A2003177.h16v09.005.2007338155926.hdf
> MOD13Q1.A2003177.h23v01.005.2007339013733.hdf
> MOD13Q1.A2003177.h25v04.005.2007338010642.hdf
> 
> 
> hdp list displays a bunch of zeros before its usual Linked Blocks Indicator
> for most of this files
> netcdf4 cannot read at least one of the channels in such a file
> 
> except h23v01 cannot be read at all by hdp, gives an
> 
> HDF error: (59) <HDF Internal error>
> Detected in HMCPendaccess() [hchunks.c line 3633]
> HDF error: (58) <Invalid arguments to routine>
> Detected in HMCPcloseAID() [hchunks.c line 3516]
> 
> 
> Since even a pure HDF program gives errors, perhaps there is something that
> USGS can do to repair/replace the files?  Or is there a problem with older
> versions of the HDF library?
> 
> Benno
> 
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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XKH-644219
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: High
Status: Closed