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[netCDF #QXF-267477]: netcdf - grib - gempak format

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  • Subject: [netCDF #QXF-267477]: netcdf - grib - gempak format
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:48:56 -0700
Hi,

> I need to convert netcdf files to grib, and then the grids that gempak
> can read. Searching the web hasn't led to an effective way to do it. Do you
> have any suggestions on how to do it successfully?

In general, you can't necessarily convert netCDF to GRIB, because they use 
different data models.  For example, if a netCDF file contains multiple 
multi-dimensional variables of various ranks (dimensionalities), each with 
multiple descriptive attributes specifying units, standard names, coordinate 
systems, and cell measures, there is no way  to represent all that information 
in a GRIB file.

For converting GRIB to netCDF or part of a netCDF file to GRIB format, there 
are 
several software packages that might be helpful

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/faq.html#grib

I don't know much about gempak, except that it can't read all GRIB files or all
netCDF files, but you might try asking about specific conversions supported by
gempak on the Unidata support list, address@hidden ...

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QXF-267477
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed