<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Dear Karin</div><div>I think so, all files have the same dimensions and names.</div><div>I examined one by one files and all shows same output for following lines</div><div><font size="2">  prc2 = f->precipitationCal(lat | :, lon | :)<br>  printVarSummary(prc2)</font><br><br>Output is:<br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Type: float<br>Total Size: 28304 bytes<br>            7076 values<br>Number of Dimensions: 2<br>Dimensions and sizes:   [lat | 61] x [lon | 116]<br>Coordinates:<br>            lat: [34.25..40.25]<br>            lon: [40.05..51.55]</font><br><br><br></div>
            <div><br></div><div>However if it helps I could attach these files.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely</div><div>Ehsan<br></div>
            
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                        On Thursday, December 7, 2017, 2:22:35 PM GMT, Karin Meier-Fleischer <meier-fleischer@dkrz.de> wrote:
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    Hi Ehsan,<br clear="none">
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    the syntax for multiple files is correct<br clear="none">
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      prc = f[:]->precipitationCal(lat|:,lon|:)<br clear="none">
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    Are you sure that all files have the same dimensions and names?<br clear="none">
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    -Karin<br clear="none">
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    <div class="yiv3037120654moz-cite-prefix">Am 07.12.17 um 14:53 schrieb Ehsan
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        <div>Dear Karin</div>
        <div>Thank you so much for your nice reply. However for</div>
        <div><span style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">  prc    = f[:]->precipitationCal</span><br clear="none">
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        <div><span style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"> 
              printVarSummary(prc)</span><br clear="none">
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        <div>I got:</div>
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          <div><font size="2">warning:Aggregated dimension coordinate
              values are non-monotonic; check aggregated file ordering</font></div>
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          <div><font size="2">Variable: prc</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">Type: float</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">Total Size: 849120 bytes</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">            212280 values</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">Number of Dimensions: 2</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">Dimensions and sizes:   [lon | 3480] x
              [lat | 61]</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">Coordinates:</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">            lon: [40.05..51.55]</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">            lat: [34.25..40.25]</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">Number Of Attributes: 6</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">  units :       mm</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">  long_name :   Daily accumulated
              precipitation (combined microwave-IR) estimate</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">  coordinates : lat lon</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">  _FillValue :  -9999.9</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">  origname :    precipitationCal</font></div>
          <div><font size="2">  fullnamepath :        /precipitationCal</font></div>
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          <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">In fact for one file, I don't have any
            problem and following lines work correctly:</span><br clear="none">
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            </span><div style=""><font size="2">  f = addfile(filess,"r")</font></div>
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                f->precipitationCal(lat | :, lon | :)</font><br clear="none">
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            <div style="font-size:16px;">however for multiple files I
              counter problem. I attached 3 files which I want to open.</div>
            <div style="font-size:16px;">As Karin mentioned the problem
              is related to "Dimenstions and sizes". So how could I
              point to a variable and simultaneous reorder (lat, lon)
              dimension in case of multiple files?</div>
            <div style="font-size:16px;">I mean what is the form of</div>
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              <div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2">  f = addfile(filess,"r")</font></div>
              <div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="2">  prc =
                  f->precipitationCal(lat | :, lon | :)</font></div>
              for multiple files?</div>
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            <div style="font-size:16px;">Again I'll be thankful for any
              help.</div>
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            <div style="font-size:16px;">Sincerely</div>
            <div style="font-size:16px;">Ehsan</div>
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            <div> On Thursday, December 7, 2017, 4:51:40 PM GMT+3:30,
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                <div> Hi Ehsan,<br clear="none">
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                  please, have a look at your data first. Do<br clear="none">
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                  <span style="font-size:small;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">  prc    =
                    f[:]->precipitationCal<br clear="none">
                      printVarSummary(prc)<br clear="none">
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                  </span>to see what dimension names precipitationCal
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                  -Karin<br clear="none">
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                  <div class="yiv3037120654moz-cite-prefix">Am 07.12.17
                    um 12:18 schrieb Ehsan Taghizadeh:<br clear="none">
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                        <div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Hi, I want to open multiple
                              netcdf files. Also I had to change
                              dimesion of variable (</font><span style="color:rgb(0, 0,                               0);font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font size="1">precipitationCal(lat
                                | :, lon | :)</font></span><font size="2">), but I got an error
                              (fatal:(lat) is not a dimension name in
                              variable (lon), could not determine
                              dimension number). What should I do?</font></font></div>
                        <div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Following lines are simple code.</font></font></div>
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                        <div><font size="2" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">   diri = "path/"   ; input
                            directory</font></div>
                        <div><font size="2" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">   files = systemfunc("ls
                            "+diri+"3B-DAY-L.MS.MRG.3IMERG.201704*.nc")
                            ; file paths</font></div>
                        <div><font size="2" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">   f = addfiles(files,"r")</font></div>
                        <div><span style="font-size:small;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">  prc    =
                            f[:]->precipitationCal(lat | :, lon | :) 
                                  ; read precipitation from all files</span><br clear="none">
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                        <div>Sincerely</div>
                        <div>Ehsan</div>
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