Re: [netcdf-java] NetCDF Java and ECMWF, SuperHiRes, Gaussian Grid

No worries. Thank you for the update. Looking forward to hear about this.

Cheers
Cos

On 30 Apr 2013, at 15:51, Sean Arms <sarms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Greetings Cosmin,
> 
> So sorry for the delay - this may be a bug in our Gaussian grid code. We are 
> going to have a meeting today, and I'll find out more details then and let 
> you know.
> 
> Again, apologies for the delay,
> 
> Sean
> 
> On 4/24/13 1:17 AM, Cosmin Marginean wrote:
>> Hi Sean,
>> 
>> Are there any updates on this? Anything else we need to provide?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Cos
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Cosmin Marginean <cosminaru@xxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> Hi Sean,
>> 
>> I've chased this but we've been told that this information is available 
>> here: http://www.ecmwf.int/publications/manuals/grib_api/
>> 
>> Is this of any use? Or can you elaborate more on what exactly is needed?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Cos
>> 
>> On 8 Apr 2013, at 16:45, Cosmin Marginean <cosminaru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Sean,
>>> 
>>> I am chasing this and will get back to you as soon as I have more.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Cos
>>> 
>>> On 8 Apr 2013, at 16:38, Sean Arms <sarms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Cos,
>>>> 
>>>> Unfortunately, this won't help much. With GRIB, we really need the exact 
>>>> table used 
>>>> to create the file in order to read it with any level of confidence. 
>>>> netCDF-Java relies
>>>> on these tables in order to be as generic as possible; the wgrib2 utility 
>>>> has some
>>>> "fixes", at the code level, to explicitly handle corner cases.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Sean
>>>> 
>>>> On 4/8/13 3:46 AM, Cosmin Marginean wrote:
>>>>> Hi Sean,
>>>>> 
>>>>> We are currently chasing this. In the mean time, is this something that 
>>>>> would help? 
>>>>> http://www.ecmwf.int/services/archive/d/table/grib_table_2_versions/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Cos
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 5 Apr 2013, at 20:16, Sean Arms <sarms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Greetings Cosmin,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It looks like there is a grib table problem. It's possible that ECMWF 
>>>>>> used a grib
>>>>>> table that overwrote some of the standard WMO table entries and thus we 
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> issues decoding the grib file. Would you happen to have the grib2 table 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> corresponds to this data file, or would you know whom to contact to get 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> table?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 4/5/13 12:34 PM, Sean Arms wrote:
>>>>>>> Greetings Cosmin,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes, I have the file now. Let me do some digging and I'll let you know 
>>>>>>> what I find.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 4/5/13 2:01 AM, Cosmin Marginean wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Sean, 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Just wanted to confirm that you got the file? Please let me know if 
>>>>>>>> there is anything else that I can help with.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Cosmin
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 3 Apr 2013, at 16:37, Sean Arms <sarms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Greetings Cosmin,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Would it be possible to get a sample grib file for us to work with 
>>>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>>> at Unidata? If so, please upload an example here:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/netcdfuploads
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 4/3/13 7:26 AM, Cosmin Marginean wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Sean,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, sorry, forgot to mention that - we are indeed using 4.3.16
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>> Cos
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Greetings Cosmin,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I just want to make sure you are trying this using the latest 
>>>>>>>>>>> version of netCDF-Java,
>>>>>>>>>>> which is 4.3.16:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/netcdf_java_library_and_tds1
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/3/13 6:23 AM, Cosmin Marginean wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> We are working on reading some of the ECMWF's Super Hi Res GRIB 
>>>>>>>>>>>> files, delivered in GRIB2 format, using a Gaussian grid.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> There are some situations where we cannot read some of these files 
>>>>>>>>>>>> since the code crashes as soon as we try to open the dataset:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>     NetcdfDataset dataset = NetcdfDataset.openDataset(filePath);
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> We are currently not sure what causes this, since using other 
>>>>>>>>>>>> tools (wgrib2) we can access this data. However, using the NetCDF 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Java library we get this type of exception as soon as we open the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> file:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Dimension length =-9999 
>>>>>>>>>>>> must be > 0
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> We'd like to know if you happened to run into this or if you know 
>>>>>>>>>>>> what might cause it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cosmin
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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