<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello,</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">  I am trying to read ERA INTERIM grib data with NCL scripts. I used the command "ncl_filedump -c" to get the information of dimensions as follows. The time information of initial_time0_hours is exponential numbers that seem to be the same. But I need exact numbers of initial_time0_hours in the NCL scripts. Hence, I wonder is there any way to obtain the exact numbers of initial_time0_hours in grib data?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">  Thanks much,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">              Yi-Chih<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Variable: f</div><div>Type: file</div><div>filename:    ei.oper.an.sfc.regn128sc.tco3_<wbr>206.201502</div><div>path:  ei.oper.an.sfc.regn128sc.tco3_<wbr>206.201502.grb1</div><div>  file global attributes:</div><div>  dimensions:</div><div>   initial_time0_hours = 112</div><div>   g4_lat_1 = 256</div><div>   g4_lon_2 = 512</div></div><div>..............................<wbr>.......................</div><div><div>   initial_time0_hours:</div><div><br></div><div> 0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07</div><div> 0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07</div><div> 0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07  0.1885E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div><div> 0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07  0.1886E+07</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div></div>