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Hi Russ, I've updated the documents in the git repository, and I've updated the file on conan for consistency. -Ward On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Russ Rew <address@hidden> wrote: > New Staff Reply: corrupted netcdf file > > Ward, > > I tend to forget which HDF5 version is required, so check the > documentation, which currently says 1.8.8 > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/getting_and_building_netcdf.html#build_default > >, > not 1.8.9. If you know the requirement is for 1.8.9, could you do what's > needed to fix the docs? > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > New Staff Reply: corrupted netcdf file > > > > Hello Samy, > > > > I apologize for the delayed response. CDO is not a utility which we > > support here; the homepage for it may be found here: > > https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo . However, from the error you > > supplied, I can see at least one issue; netcdf requires hdf5 version > 1.8.9 > > or later, and it appears that you are running version 1.8.8. You should > > update to a newer version (the current version is 1.8.13) and see if the > > error persists. > > > > Thanks, have a great day, > > > > -Ward > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I performed cdo mergetime operation on the files > > > > > > > > cdo mergetime MENA50_RAD.2008120100.nc MENA50_RAD.2009010100.nc > > MENA50_RAD.2009020100.nc MENA50_RAD_DJF.nc > > > > > > > > the files MENA50_RAD.2008120100.nc MENA50_RAD.2009010100.nc > > > > wok fine and open with ncview and ncdump but for the file > > > > MENA50_RAD.2009020100.nc > > > > > > > > an error occured > > > > > > > > cdo mergetime: Open failed on > > > > >MENA50_RAD.2009020100.nc< > > > > Unsupported file type > > > > HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.8) thread 0: > > > > #000: H5T.c line 1721 in H5Tclose(): not a datatype > > > > major: Invalid arguments to routine > > > > minor: Inappropriate type > > > > > > > > Error (cdf_close) : NetCDF: HDF error > > > > > > > > Any advice > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: LJB-196695 > > Department: Support netCDF > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > Link: > > > https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=24696 > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: LJB-196695 > Department: Support netCDF > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > Link: > https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=24696 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: LJB-196695 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open