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> Yuan, > > Everything went quiet. Please let me know if you have been able to > reproduce my situation, or if I'm the Lone Ranger. > > Murray > No, we can not reproduce your problem. We can load these datasets even in the public WiFi network, maybe you can give it a try this way. Yuan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Unidata IDV Support" <address@hidden> > To: <address@hidden> > Cc: <address@hidden> > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:46 AM > Subject: [IDV #PYH-734212]: Problem getting GFS data to load > > > >> Yuan, > >> > >> To be precise, let me repeat the situation: > >> > >> Hangup occurs with GRIB2 file, apparently not with NetCDF. The problem > >> occurs at the very first step, ADD SOURCE, where it is too early to use > >> striding or geographic limitation to reduce the loading (I think...am I > >> wrong?). A GRIB2 file of 28 kb seems to add successfully, but just about > >> anything larger results in an endless loading process. > >> > >> Murray > > > > Hi Murray, > > There is nothing you can do if the problem is the speed of the > > internet. When you adding the data in the first step, only very small > > amount of data transfer over the internet. > > > > > > Yuan > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Unidata IDV Support" <address@hidden> > >> To: <address@hidden> > >> Cc: <address@hidden> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:46 PM > >> Subject: [IDV #PYH-734212]: Problem getting GFS data to load > >> > >> > >> >> Dear ID Folks, > >> >> > >> >> I've previously tried to load HYCOM data, and got terribly bogged down > >> >> in an endless load sequence. Today, I've been trying to load data > >> >> from > >> >> DATA CHOOSERS > CATALOGS > UNIDATA IDD MODEL DATA > UCAR MOTHERLODE > > >> >> GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL > NCEP GFS GLOBAL 2.5 DEGREE > LATEST > >> >> NCEP > >> >> FTS GLOBAL 2.5 DEGREE ( I also tried GFS GLOBAL 2P5DEG 20110731 > >> >> 0600.GRIB2). > >> >> > >> >> The little download indicator in the bottom right corner of IDV > >> >> indicates that it's working away, but after about 1.5 hours I gave up. > >> >> I went into the GFS files system and downloaded directly a seemingly > >> >> innocent 3 MB grib2 global grid and tried to load it into IDV and got > >> >> the same results as with the catalog. I downloaded a very much > >> >> smaller > >> >> CONUS grid named gfs_grb211.t06z.pgrbf00.grib2 (28 kb) and it does > >> >> load > >> >> and display in IDV. > >> >> > >> >> My version of IDV is 3.0b1, and I'm working on a plain vanilla Compaq > >> >> laptop with Windows XP (including all updates). Have you heard from > >> >> anyone else out there who simply cannot load large GFS or HYCOM grib > >> >> grids? Are there any settings you know of that might help my system > >> >> out? Are there any general guidelines on how large a grib file can be > >> >> before loading problems begin? > >> > > >> > Hi Murray, > >> > It sounds like the network connection issue to me, the general > >> > guideline is to subset the data to limit > >> > the size of the data transferring over the network. You can subset the > >> > region if you don't need to see the whole region, and you can also > >> > apply > >> > strike to either dimension, the same strike can be applied to the time > >> > dimension. > >> > > >> > Hope this can help. > >> > > >> > > >> > Yuan > >> >> > >> >> Murray > >> >> > >> >> Murray Brown > >> >> 1710 Washington St., Apt. B > >> >> New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 > >> >> United States of America > >> >> 386.428.6367 > >> >> http://oceanexpert.org/viewMemberRecord.php?&memberID=242 > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > Ticket Details > >> > =================== > >> > Ticket ID: PYH-734212 > >> > Department: Support IDV > >> > Priority: Normal > >> > Status: Closed > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: PYH-734212 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PYH-734212 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed