Hi David:
The problem is that the opendap server ("DAP++ 3.5.2") uses this form for
Strings:
forecasttime: Array of Strings [record = 0..4][time_len = 0..20]
* long_name: "forecast date and time"
using the "translate a char into a String" method.
However, the THREDDS server uses variable length Strings:
forecasttime: Array of Strings [record = 0..4]
* long_name: "forecast date and time"
* DODS:
o strlen: 21
o dimName: time_len
using the "strlen Convention" to tell the client what the String lengths are.
Does anyone on dods-tech know if the opendap-netcdf client library will support
the latter?
He has version "netCDF Client Library 3.5.2"
Unidata Support wrote:
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From: David Wojtowicz <davidw@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: DODS/THREDDS confusion
Organization: UCAR/Unidata
Keywords: 200509221824.j8MIOEYJ003573
Hi,
I'm primarily using the Dataset Viewer to browse the catalog and
locate DODS URL's that I access in my own applications via the latest
OpenDAP libraries.
2) If I locate an entry inside "Previous version OPeNDAP NetCDF
Server" I can get a DODS URL like this:
http://motherlode.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/DODS-3.4.3/nph-dods/dods/
model/2005092215_ruc_211.nc
I can do a "dncdump -h" on that URL and get the expected header
info.... and also use this URL within my own programs to access the
dataset.
However, I'm reluctant to continue using that as the name "Previous
version" implies that it's being replaced by something newer and is
going to go away.
The "new" entries such as under "NCEP Model Data (netCDF) " I get
different OpeNDAP URLs that look like:
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/model_nc/
ruc_211/2005092213_ruc_211.nc
If I pass this URL to "dncdump -h" I get output that is both
incomplete and contains invalid data. Tried this with a number of
other data files in the same area.
The "NCDUMP" function in the Dataset Viewer program however, seems to
work fine.
Is this a different format/protocol? I'm using the latest
available SDKs... "DAP++ 3.5.2" and "netCDF Client Library 3.5.2"
that I downloaded from opendap.org and compiled myself under linux.
I'm further frustrated by the fact that most of the documentation/
status pages that I find on www.unidata.ucar.edu haven't been updated
in a while and don't reflect recent changes.
David Wojtowicz, Sr. Research Programmer
Dept of Atmospheric Sciences / Computer Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
davidw@xxxxxxxx (217) 333-8390
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