[ncl-talk] File not supported

[Debasish Hazra]

Thanks David. It is a binary file, I could create a GrADS .ctl file, which
is attached.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM, David Brown <dbrown at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Debasish,
>
> This file does not appear to be a grib file. Both wgrib and wgrib2
> fail to open it, so it is not just NCL that has a problem with it.
>
> Here is wgrib and wgrib2  output:
>
> $ wgrib ngac.t00z.aerf15
> found unidentified data
> $ wgrib2 ngac.t00z.aerf15
> $                                             # no output at all
>
> There appears to be some ascii data in the file that suggests
> atmospheric data. The first few characters hint at some kind of binary
> format:
>
> 0NEMSIO  GFS     bin4
>
> You will need to find out from the source what sort of file this is
> and what needs to be done to make sense of it.
>  -dave
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Debasish Hazra
> <debasish.hazra5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I got the following error message when trying to open a grib file using
> NCL
> > (6.3) :
> >
> >   ncl_filedump ngac.t00z.aerf15.grb
> >  Copyright (C) 1995-2014 - All Rights Reserved
> >  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
> >  NCAR Command Language Version 6.3.0-09Oct2014_0233
> >  The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
> >  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
> > fatal:An internal error has occurred. The file format requested does not
> > appear to be supported, could not open (ngac.t00z.aerf15.grb)
> >
> > Variable: f
> > Type: file
> > (0) File Missing Value : -1
> >
> > I uploaded the file in the ftp site of yours. Any help.
> >
> >  Many thanks.
> >
> >  Debasish.
> >
> >
> >
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