;This is the syntax I have used ncl 0> fils = (/"pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20060101-20061231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20070101-20071231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20080101-20081231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20090101-20091231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20100101-20101231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20110101-20111231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20120101-20121231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20130101-20131231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20140101-20141231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20150101-20151231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20160101-20161231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20170101-20171231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20180101-20181231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20190101-20191231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20200101-20201231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20210101-20211231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20220101-20221231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20230101-20231231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20240101-20241231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20250101-20251231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20260101-20261231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20270101-20271231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20280101-20281231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20290101-20291231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20300101-20301231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20310101-20311231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20320101-20321231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20330101-20331231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20340101-20341231.nc","pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20350101-20351231.nc"/) ncl 1> f=addfiles(fils,"r") ncl 2> ListSetType(f,"cat") ncl 3> pr=f[:]->pr ncl 4> ncdf=addfile("pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20060101-20351231.nc","c") ncl 5> filedimdef(ncdf,"time",-1,True) ncl 6> ncdf->pr=pr fatal:File too large: error attempting to write variable (pr) to file (pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20060101-20351231.nc) fatal:["Execute.c":8573]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 6 ; I am getting same error with these syntax as well fils = systemfunc("ls *.nc") f = addfiles(fils,"r") ListSetType(f,"cat") pr=f[:]->pr ncdf=addfile("pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20060101-20351231.nc","c") filedimdef(ncdf,"time",-1,True) ncdf->pr=pr ********************************************************************************* ; Summary of one file ncl 0> a=addfile("pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20060101-20061231.nc","r") ncl 1> printVarSummary(a) Variable: a Type: file File path: pr_day_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r1i1p1_20060101-20061231.nc Number of global attributes: 28 Number of dimensions: 4 Number of variables: 7 ncl 2> b=a->pr ncl 3> printVarSummary(b) Variable: b Type: float Total Size: 168192000 bytes 42048000 values Number of Dimensions: 3 Dimensions and sizes: [time | 365] x [lat | 240] x [lon | 480] Coordinates: time: [ 0.5..364.5] lat: [-89.42708417603751..89.42708417603751] lon: [ 0..359.25] Number Of Attributes: 11 standard_name : precipitation_flux long_name : Precipitation comment : at surface; includes both liquid and solid phases from all types of clouds (both large-scale and convective) units : kg m-2 s-1 original_name : precip cell_methods : time: mean (interval: 1 day) cell_measures : area: areacella missing_value : 1e+20 _FillValue : 1e+20 associated_files : baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_atmos_fx_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r0i0p0.nc areacella: areacella_fx_CMCC-CM_rcp85_r0i0p0.nc history : 2012-02-15T12:41:27Z altered by CMOR: Inverted axis: lat.