<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb">Paolina,<br><br></span></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb">As far as I can tell that is a bug in one of the supporting scripts that has since been fixed. The version you appear to be using, 6.2.0, is a number of years old by now. If at all possible, I would recommend you upgrade to the latest 6.4.0.  If that&#39;s not possible, I could likely send you the &quot;contributed.ncl&quot; script -- however that may be fraught with incompatibility issues too.<br><br></span></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb">Hope that helps...<br></span></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb">Rick<br><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Paolina Bongioannini Cerlini <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:paolina.cerlini@unipg.it" target="_blank">paolina.cerlini@unipg.it</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi NCL people,<br>
I read some data and since I have days and hours I build a<br>
 time as YYYYMMDDHH then I  convert it in yrfrac:<br>
<br>
; ******************************<wbr>*****************<br>
load &quot;$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/<wbr>nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl&quot;<br>
load &quot;$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/<wbr>nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl&quot;<br>
load &quot;$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/<wbr>nclscripts/csm/contributed.<wbr>ncl&quot;<br>
;*****************************<wbr>*******************<br>
begin<br>
;*****************************<wbr>*******************<br>
; read in data<br>
;*****************************<wbr>*******************<br>
;<br>
   diri = &quot;./&quot;<br>
   fili = systemfunc(&quot;cd &quot;+diri+&quot; ; ls rce-bret-2005-rad.*.nc&quot;)<br>
   nfili= dimsizes(fili)<br>
   print(&quot;nfili=&quot;+nfili)<br>
;<br>
   f    = addfiles(diri+fili,&quot;r&quot;)<br>
   ListSetType (f, &quot;join&quot;)<br>
;<br>
;    vNam = getfilevarnames (f)  ; all variables on file<br>
;    print(vNam)<br>
;<br>
    vNam1 = (/&quot;x&quot;,&quot;y&quot;,&quot;z&quot;,&quot;p&quot;,&quot;raing&quot;,&quot;<wbr>prcate1&quot;,&quot;tke&quot;,&quot;radfrc&quot;,&quot;<wbr>radflx&quot;,&quot;ptsflx&quot;,&quot;qvsflx&quot;/)  ; manually specify<br>
    print(vNam1)<br>
;<br>
;<br>
     x   = f[0]-&gt;x<br>
     y   = f[0]-&gt;y<br>
     z   = f[0]-&gt;z<br>
     p  = f[:]-&gt;p<br>
     PREC= f[:]-&gt;raing<br>
     RADQR= f[:]-&gt;rnflx<br>
     LHF = f[:]-&gt;ptsflx<br>
     SHF = f[:]-&gt;qvsflx<br>
;<br>
    printVarSummary(x)<br>
    printVarSummary(y)<br>
    printVarSummary(z)           ; [74]<br>
    printVarSummary(p)<br>
;<br>
; create time<br>
      TIME3D = yyyymmddhh_time(2017, 2017, 1, &quot;integer&quot;)<br>
      printVarSummary(TIME3D)<br>
;      time3D = TIME3D({2017040100:2017051000}<wbr>)    ; coordinate subscripting<br>
      time3D = TIME3D({2017040100:2017040203}<wbr>)<br>
      time3D!0=&quot;time&quot;<br>
      time3D&amp;time=time3D<br>
      printVarSummary(time3D)<br>
;<br>
;<br>
;      print(time3D)<br>
;<br>
      yrfrac = yyyymmddhh_to_yyyyfrac(time3D, 0)<br>
      print(yrfrac)<br>
;<br>
 but it gives the following<br>
error:<br>
<br>
[paolina@cloud outputcheck]$ ncl energy_ARPS-PROVA_0.ncl&gt;<wbr>output.txt<br>
[paolina@cloud outputcheck]$ more output.txt<br>
 Copyright (C) 1995-2014 - All Rights Reserved<br>
 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research<br>
 NCAR Command Language Version 6.2.0<br>
 The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.<br>
 See <a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/</a> for more details.<br>
(0)     nfili=28<br>
<br>
<br>
Variable: vNam1<br>
Type: string<br>
Total Size: 88 bytes<br>
            11 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [11]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
(0)     x<br>
(1)     y<br>
(2)     z<br>
(3)     p<br>
(4)     raing<br>
(5)     prcate1<br>
(6)     tke<br>
(7)     radfrc<br>
(8)     radflx<br>
(9)     ptsflx<br>
(10)    qvsflx<br>
<br>
Variable: x<br>
Type: float<br>
Total Size: 780 bytes<br>
            195 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [fakeDim0 | 195]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
Number Of Attributes: 3<br>
  hdf_name :    x<br>
  units :       m<br>
  comment :     x coordinate<br>
<br>
Variable: y<br>
Type: float<br>
Total Size: 780 bytes<br>
            195 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [fakeDim1 | 195]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
Number Of Attributes: 3<br>
  hdf_name :    y<br>
  units :       m<br>
  comment :     y coordinate<br>
<br>
Variable: z<br>
Type: float<br>
Total Size: 296 bytes<br>
            74 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [fakeDim2 | 74]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
Number Of Attributes: 3<br>
  hdf_name :    z<br>
  units :       m<br>
  comment :     z coordinate<br>
<br>
Variable: p<br>
Type: float<br>
Total Size: 315151200 bytes<br>
            78787800 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 4<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [ncl_join | 28] x [fakeDim39 | 74] x [fakeDim40 | 195] x [fakeDim41 | 195]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
Number Of Attributes: 6<br>
  hdf_name :    p<br>
  stag_dim :    0<br>
  units :       Pascal<br>
  comment :     Pressure<br>
  hdf_comp_prm :        6<br>
  hdf_comp_code :       4<br>
<br>
Variable: TIME3D<br>
Type: integer<br>
Total Size: 35040 bytes<br>
            8760 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [time | 8760]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
            time: [2017010100..2017123123]<br>
Number Of Attributes: 2<br>
  long_name :   time<br>
  units :       YYYYMMDDHH<br>
<br>
Variable: time3D<br>
Type: integer<br>
Total Size: 112 bytes<br>
            28 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [time | 28]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
            time: [2017040100..2017040203]<br>
Number Of Attributes: 2<br>
  units :       YYYYMMDDHH<br>
  long_name :   time<br>
<br>
<br>
Variable: time3D<br>
Type: integer<br>
Total Size: 112 bytes<br>
            28 values<br>
Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
Dimensions and sizes:   [time | 28]<br>
Coordinates:<br>
            time: [2017040100..2017040203]<br>
Number Of Attributes: 2<br>
  units :       YYYYMMDDHH<br>
  long_name :   time<br>
(0)     2017040100<br>
(1)     2017040101<br>
(2)     2017040102<br>
(3)     2017040103<br>
(4)     2017040104<br>
(5)     2017040105<br>
(6)     2017040106<br>
(7)     2017040107<br>
(8)     2017040108<br>
(9)     2017040109<br>
(10)    2017040110<br>
(11)    2017040111<br>
(12)    2017040112<br>
(13)    2017040113<br>
(14)    2017040114<br>
(15)    2017040115<br>
(16)    2017040116<br>
(17)    2017040117<br>
(18)    2017040118<br>
(19)    2017040119<br>
(20)    2017040120<br>
(21)    2017040121<br>
(22)    2017040122<br>
(23)    2017040123<br>
(24)    2017040200<br>
(25)    2017040201<br>
(26)    2017040202<br>
(27)    2017040203<br>
fatal:Variable (nDay) is undefined<br>
fatal:[&quot;Execute.c&quot;:8567]:<wbr>Execute: Error occurred at or near line 7879 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/<wbr>nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl<br>
<br>
fatal:[&quot;Execute.c&quot;:8567]:<wbr>Execute: Error occurred at or near line 7937 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/<wbr>nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl<br>
<br>
fatal:[&quot;Execute.c&quot;:8567]:<wbr>Execute: Error occurred at or near line 63 in file energy_ARPS-PROVA_0.ncl<br>
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In attachment the files.<br>
Thank you for your help.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Paolina<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Paolina Bongioannini Cerlini Ph.D.<br>
University of Perugia<br>
CIRIAF -room 8<br>
06125 - Perugia<br>
<br>
Tel.<a href="tel:%2B39%20075%205853576" value="+390755853576">+39 075 5853576</a><br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:paolina.cerlini@unipg.it">paolina.cerlini@unipg.it</a><br>
skype: pcerlini<br>
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