[netCDF #IXE-857786]: C++ NetCDF Library Troubles

Hello,

I do not see any obvious issues with what you have written; let me take a look 
at the C++ interface and see if I can figure out what is going on.  I will 
follow up with you after I have some additional information.

-Ward

> Good afternoon,
> 
> I feel I am very close to implementing a functional c++ program to extract a 
> chunk of NetCDF data from the HYCOM/GOFS 3.1 Hindcast data.
> [http://tds.hycom.org/thredds/dodsC/GLBv0.08/expt_93.0.html 
> <http://tds.hycom.org/thredds/dodsC/GLBv0.08/expt_93.0.html>]
> 
> However, when I attempt to pass an array (of type float, or double, say) by 
> reference to getVar(), the temperature and salinity values  are not being 
> written to the array.
> 
> I believe I have sized/pre-allocated the array correctly, and am using the 
> startp and countp vectors correctly; I do not know what is going wrong.  This 
> is a typical output of my program:
> -----------------------
> NETCDF FILE INFO:
> 14 variables
> 10 attributes
> 4 dimensions
> 0 groups
> 0 types
> 
> -----------------------
> VARIABLES:
> depth
> lat
> lon
> salinity
> salinity_bottom
> surf_el
> tau
> time
> water_temp
> water_temp_bottom
> water_u
> water_u_bottom
> water_v
> water_v_bottom
> 
> -----------------------
> DIMENSIONS:
> depth
> lat
> lon
> time
> 
> -----------------------
> DIMENSION SIZES:
> depth = [0:5000]        [n=40]
> lat   = [-80:90]        [n=3251]
> lon   = [0:359.92]      [n=4500]
> time  = [157812:161409] [n=1168]
> 
> -----------------------
> SPATIAL RANGE:
> Requested:
> LAT = [0:2]
> LON = [154:155]
> Actual:
> LAT[1500:1525] = [0:2]
> LON[1925:1938] = [154:155.04]
> 
> startp[0] = 1167
> countp[0] = 1
> startp[1] = 0
> countp[1] = 40
> startp[2] = 1500
> countp[2] = 26
> startp[3] = 1925
> countp[3] = 14
> 
> --------------------------------
> ARRAYS CREATED:
> SALT[40][26][14]
> TEMP[40][26][14]
> 
> -----------------------
> SALT[31][3][6] = 161409 psu
> SALT[33][0][1] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[33][9][0] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[33][13][12] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[33][17][6] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[33][20][8] = 9.75388e+199 psu
> SALT[33][20][9] = 7.62831e+228 psu
> SALT[33][20][10] = 7.96474e+175 psu
> SALT[33][20][12] = 5.13122e+252 psu
> SALT[33][21][10] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[34][6][2] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[34][6][10] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[34][8][12] = 359.92 psu
> SALT[37][2][8] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[37][11][8] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[37][12][2] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[39][3][11] = 155.04 psu
> SALT[39][4][12] = 155.04 psu
> SALT[39][5][13] = 155.04 psu
> SALT[39][7][0] = 155.04 psu
> SALT[39][16][2] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[39][23][8] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> SALT[39][24][8] = 1.76622e+264 psu
> *** SUCCESS! ***
> 
> 
> where the first index refers to depth, the second to latitude, and the third 
> to longitude.
> 
> Are there any obvious “gotchas” that new NetCDF users typically get wrong?
> I will attach my current code for reference.  Thank you in advance for any 
> help you are able to give!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Blake Cole
> Phd Student
> Mechanical Engineering Dep’t, MIT
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IXE-857786
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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