Re: gribtonc and gaussian grids

• To: Joerg Wegner <wegner@xxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: gribtonc and gaussian grids
• From: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:16:53 -0600 (MDT)

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Joerg Wegner wrote:

Hi,
after installing all the necessary stuff to run gribtonc, I believe that it 
would be able
to run, ah yes, if  I would be able to feed it with a correct .cdl file. We 
have cmip data files
in t42 resolution ( 128x64  gridpoints) that is not a regular but a gaussian 
grid. Is there
someone with experience in converting such files? Is it in general possible to 
do so?
Thanks for help
Joerg

Joerg,

I would start by inspecting all the current cdl files, find the one the
most matches your data.  Then I would run gribtonc in verbose mode and

the cdl until no more messages.  I know this is a trial and error method
but once one does this process a couple of runs it's works out fast. To
run gribtonc from the command line in verbose mode:

% gribtonc -vl - your.cdl your.nc < <rawdata file>

One can also look at the raw data with utility:

% gribdump <rawdata file>

Robb...

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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