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In case this is still useful, heres an example for CFSR timeseries. <dataset name="NCDC-NOMADS Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR)"> <metadata inherited="true"> <dataFormat>GRIB-2</dataFormat> <documentation xlink:href="http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data.php#cfs-reanal-data" xlink:title="NOMADS CFSR Page"/> <creator> <name vocabulary="DIF">DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP</name> <contact url="http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/" email="http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/mail_liaison.shtml"/> </creator> <documentation type="summary">The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) was designed and executed as a global, high resolution, coupled atmosphere-ocean-land surface-sea ice system to provide the best estimate of the state of these coupled domains over the 31-year period of 1979 to 2009. </documentation> </metadata> <featureCollection name="NCDC-CFSR-TimeSeries" featureType="GRIB" harvest="true" path="grib/NCDC/CFSR/TimeSeries"> <metadata inherited="true"> <documentation type="summary">Hourly time series dataset</documentation> </metadata> <collection spec="/data/thredds/ncdc/cfsr/timeseries/**/.*grb2$" timePartition="directory" dateFormatMark="#timeseries/#yyyyMM"/> <tdm trigger="allow"/> <gribConfig> <gdsHash from="1450218978" to="1450192070"/> <gdsName hash='1450192070' groupName='FLX GaussianT382'/> <gdsName hash='2079260842' groupName='FLX GaussianT62'/> <gdsName hash='-175190888' groupName='OCN LatLon0p5'/> <gdsName hash='823344589' groupName='OCN LatLon1p0'/> <gdsName hash='-1857264615' groupName='PGB LatLon0p5'/> <gdsName hash='-829780679' groupName='PGB LatLon2p5'/> <intvFilter excludeZero="true"/> </gribConfig> </featureCollection> </dataset> John > John, > Soupy has about 10 files worth. It would be very useful to get your > TDS config for CFSR. Thanks! > -Rich > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support > <address@hidden> wrote: > > oh, CFSR timeseries? > > > > I happen to be working on that, i have a sample server at: > > > > http://motherlode.ucar.edu:9080/thredds/catalog/grib/NCDC/CFSR/catalog.html > > > > i can even give you the exact TDS config if you want. > > > > How much data are you trying to look at? > > > > john > > > >> If you go to ftp://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/CFSR/HP_time_series/, you can > >> download an example of the type I'm using. They are named > >> wnd10m.gdas.YYYYMM.grb2 (there's one in each month's folder). > >> > >> Thanks, Soupy > >> > >> ************************************** > >> P. Soupy Dalyander, Ph.D. > >> Mendenhall Postdoc, Research Oceanographer > >> U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center > >> 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 > >> (508) 457-2290 (508) 457-2310 (fax) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: > >> "Unidata THREDDS Support" <address@hidden> > >> To: > >> address@hidden > >> Cc: > >> address@hidden > >> Date: > >> 02/02/2012 12:34 PM > >> Subject: > >> [THREDDS #QZU-789955]: Re: nctoolbox ? > >> > >> > >> > >> can you send me an example grib file? i need the file, not the opendap > >> url. thanks > >> > >> > We are game to give a try as an alpha test, when you are ready. > >> > > >> > -Rich > >> > > >> > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support > >> > <address@hidden> wrote: > >> > > The old grib handling is really bad - especially aggregating grib. > >> > > > >> > > Im trying to finish various pieces to make a release, but if you want > >> to try it out, I can get something out to you. > >> > > > >> > > The server is probably getting an error, but youd have to look in the > >> logs. > >> > > > >> > > john > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >> Thredds Support, > >> > >> > >> > >> We are having trouble extracting a time series from an aggregation of > >> > >> GRIB2 files. I guess aggregations of GRIB2 files will be much better > >> > >> in TDS 4.3. Is there a alpha or beta version available? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Rich > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:17 PM, P. Soupy Dalyander > >> <address@hidden> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Rich- > >> > >> > > >> > >> > I've got an aggregation of .grb2 CFSR wind data on GAM. I can pull > >> down > >> > >> > the entire grid for a single time step, but when I attempt to pull > >> down a > >> > >> > time series from even a single point, it takes crashes out on me. > >> Any > >> > >> > ideas for how I might make this work? I'm wondering if a problem > >> is the > >> > >> > total size of the grid x the number of time steps, although I'm not > >> sure > >> > >> > why it can handle pulling down a grid from one time, then, and not > >> a time > >> > >> > series. One thought I had is to pull from my grb2 files the > >> geographic > >> > >> > region of interest to me (I think I can do that in wgrib2), but I > >> thought > >> > >> > I'd check with you if there's some more obvious solution. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > mp.urlH = ... > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> 'dods://geoport.whoi.edu/thredds/dodsC/usgs/data2/sdalyander/CFSR_winds_fine/cfsr_agg4.ncml'; > >> > >> > time = nc.time('time'); > >> > >> > lon = nc.data('lon'); > >> > >> > lat = nc.data('lat'); > >> > >> > test = squeeze(double(nc.data('U-component_of_wind',[100 1 1 > >> 1],[100 1 > >> > >> > length(lat) length(lon)]))); % This works > >> > >> > > >> > >> > u = nc.data('U-component_of_wind',[1 1 10 10],[length(time) 1 10 > >> 10]); > >> > >> > %This doesn't > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Thanks, Soupy > >> > >> > > >> > >> > ************************************** > >> > >> > P. Soupy Dalyander, Ph.D. > >> > >> > Mendenhall Postdoc, Research Oceanographer > >> > >> > U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center > >> > >> > 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 > >> > >> > (508) 457-2290 (508) 457-2310 (fax) > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 > >> > >> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. > >> > >> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Ticket Details > >> > > =================== > >> > > Ticket ID: QZU-789955 > >> > > Department: Support THREDDS > >> > > Priority: Normal > >> > > Status: Open > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 > >> > USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. > >> > Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> Ticket Details > >> =================== > >> Ticket ID: QZU-789955 > >> Department: Support THREDDS > >> Priority: Normal > >> Status: Open > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: QZU-789955 > > Department: Support THREDDS > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > -- > Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 > USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. > Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QZU-789955 Department: Support THREDDS Priority: Critical Status: Closed