That could be, I'll check. <br><br>On Friday, February 23, 2018, Rick Brownrigg <<a href="mailto:brownrig@ucar.edu">brownrig@ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Andrew,<br><br></div>That binary file looks correct to me, as far as I can tell. The begins with 5929560 values in the 100,000-ish range, followed by values in the -20/+20 ish range.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is there possibly a mismatch between the array sizes on the NCL side, and the array sizes on the Fortran side (which appear to be determined via a parameter file?)?<br><br></div>Rick<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Andrew Kren - NOAA Affiliate <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew.kren@noaa.gov" target="_blank">andrew.kren@noaa.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It says this in the fortran program. However, I am confused if ncl prints out bad wind values, so was thinking it was something on my end that I did in the ncl script since slp was fine. I attached the fortran code and the binary file and grads ctl file I made as google drive links.<br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/noaa.gov/file/d/1Y3JXqmxZ7ViBeGkGncFkkIS9wncmAVg4/view?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">analysis_1.dat</span></a></div><br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/noaa.gov/file/d/1fyDQeLSom9Za7r73xpeWvv6nMrVO0o7P/view?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">create_binary.ncl</span></a></div><br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/noaa.gov/file/d/1Pn9ON5epsr6u_24jxi8eDXBjV8DgizqC/view?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">track.F</span></a></div><br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/noaa.gov/file/d/1M9KUlm2HZwlaD_gw29Z7hn2qahYJ2Jhv/view?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">grads_ecm.ctl</span></a></div><div><br></div><div>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span>open(luin,file=filename,form='<wbr>unformatted',status='unknown',</span></p>
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<br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Rick Brownrigg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brownrig@ucar.edu" target="_blank">brownrig@ucar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Andrew,<br><br></div>How are you opening the file from the fortran side? The docs for fbindirwrite state that the fortran equivalent is a file opened with "'form=unformatted, access=direct, recl= ...'.".<br><br></div>If that doesn't help, I'd be happy to take a look at the file if you are able to send it to me.<br><br></div>Rick<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Andrew Kren - NOAA Affiliate <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew.kren@noaa.gov" target="_blank">andrew.kren@noaa.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Dear ncl-talk,<div><br></div><div>I wrote a program to convert grib data to binary format, as needed for a fortran program to track cyclones. I write slp, u at 500, and v at 500 to binary using fbindirwrite. I ran the fortran program, which gave erroneous wind values. So, I checked my binary program again and printed out the wind for a few points and they were erroneous. Is this because the wind is negative at times in direction? Here are some wind values I get when putting into binary:</div><div><br></div><div>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span>(7)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-3.96</span></p>
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<div><br></div>And here is what I get when I read the binary file back in after created:</div><div><br></div><div>
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<div><br></div>Am I missing something. I also attached my code. Any help is much appreciated!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Andrew Kren<br>Assistant Scientist<br>CIMAS & NOAA/AOML<br>
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