Re: IDV does not like file but CF conventions checker does, why?

• To: "Pearson, Roderick R" <rrpearso@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: IDV does not like file but CF conventions checker does, why?
• From: Tom Whittaker <tomw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:28:06 -0500

tom


Pearson, Roderick R wrote:

I have a netcdf file that the CF convention checker (http://titania.badc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/cf-checker.pl) likes. IDV is supposed to like CF data, even the 2 D grid data like my file. I have included the first few lines of my cdl file from ncdump and am wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers on how to correct the file for IDV compatibility.

Thanks in advance.

netcdf Saqmtry1 {
dimensions:
        I = 54 ;
        J = 54 ;
        lev = 23 ;
        time = 23 ;
        latsize = 54 ;
        lonsize = 54 ;
variables:
        float Species1(time, lev, I, J) ;
                Species1:long_name = "Species1of5" ;
                Species1:units = "gram" ;
                Species1:coordinates = "lon lat" ;
        double I(I) ;
                I:long_name = "y-coordinate in Cartesian System" ;
                I:units = "m" ;
        double J(J) ;
                J:long_name = "x-coordinate in Cartesian System" ;
                J:units = "m" ;
        double lev(lev) ;
                lev:long_name = "Sigma Level" ;
                lev:positive = "down" ;
                lev:units = "m" ;
        double time(time) ;
                time:long_name = "Time" ;
                time:units = "hours since 2003-12-01 00:00:00MDT" ;
        double lat(I, J) ;
                lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
                lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
        double lon(I, J) ;
                lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
                lon:units = "degrees_east" ;

// global attributes:
                :title = "First Try to create netcdf via Matlab" ;
                :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
                :institution = "The University of Texas at El Paso" ;
                :source = "SAQM Model" ;
                :history = "Model Simulation completed on    " ;
                :references = "None for this round" ;
                :comment = "None" ;

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Tom Whittaker (tomw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Space Science and Engineering Center
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Phone/VoiceMail: 608.262.2759

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  • IDV does not like file but CF conventions checker does, why?
    • From: Pearson, Roderick R