Re: [netcdfgroup] How to read grib2 files using Netcdf Java API?

• To: Valliappa Lakshmanan <valliappa.lakshmanan@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] How to read grib2 files using Netcdf Java API?
• From: John Caron <caron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:28:31 -0700

Hi Lak:

NetcdfDataset.open() should have worked.

Can you send us the file, and we'll check why its not working.

Valliappa Lakshmanan wrote:
> I know there must be a very simple way to do this, but I can't seem to
> find any example or documentation.
>
> I want to read a Grib2 file using the Java Netcdf API and tried:
>
> File file = new File("/tmp/WRFPRS_GrbF21.grib2");  // a grib2 file
> NetcdfFile ncfile = NetcdfDataset.open(file.getAbsolutePath());
>
> but get an IOException stating: Cant read /tmp/WRFPRS_GrbF21.grib2: not
> a valid NetCDF file.
>
> I tried using ucar.dt.grid.GridDataSet.open() and got the same result.
>
> In case it was a classpath/jar problem, I added toolsUI.jar from netcdf
> 2.2.22 to my classpath (has grib.jar).
> Same result.  What am I missing?
>
> thanks
> Lak
>
>
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