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<p>Hi</p>
<p>As the file was obtained from NOAA/PSD, I should say that ncdump
works fine on the file (and on netCDF4 files in general). Perhaps
the version of ncdump which Soma is not current (e.g. has HDF5
support). Also, I can't tell from this thread, but possibly Soma
did not download the file completley or it was corrupted during
transfer (which would give that error). I believe ncl_filedump
would also fail then (but perhaps not; maybe it can deal with
incomplete netCDF files). <br>
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<p>Cathy Smith<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/19 12:33 PM, Rick Brownrigg
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>ncdump is not a part of ncl. The file appears to be a
NetCDF4 file, which apparently ncdump can not open. Ncl's
utility "ncl_filedump" opens the file just fine. I would note
however, that you are using a version of NCL that is rather
old by now, and may not have full NetCDF4/HDF5 support, so I
would encourage you to upgrade to the latest version 6.6.2:</div>
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<div> <a href="http://ncl.ucar.edu/Download/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://ncl.ucar.edu/Download/</a></div>
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<div>Rick </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 8:10 AM
Aluthgama Hewage <<a
href="mailto:aluthgamahewage1@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">aluthgamahewage1@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>Hi,</div>
<div>I am using ncl version 6.0.0 and tried to use ncdump
but it doesn't work.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">ncdump -h <a
href="http://precip.mon.mean.nc" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">precip.mon.mean.nc</a></div>
<div dir="ltr">ncdump: <a
href="http://precip.mon.mean.nc" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">precip.mon.mean.nc</a>: NetCDF:
Unknown file format<br>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at
19:15, Rick Brownrigg <<a
href="mailto:brownrig@ucar.edu" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">brownrig@ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div> NCL can certainly get the job done for you. But I
agree with Soma's comments -- you'll need to invest
some effort. Check out the NCL User's guide:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> <a
href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/NCL_User_Guide/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/NCL_User_Guide/</a></div>
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<div>and the NCL examples pages:</div>
<div><br>
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<div> <a
href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/</a></div>
<div><br>
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<div>and in particular, this function:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> <a
href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/addfile.shtml"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/addfile.shtml</a></div>
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<div>Rick<br>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at
6:00 AM Soma Roy <<a
href="mailto:somaroy892@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">somaroy892@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="auto">Please go through the basics of
programming that required for data processing..
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<div dir="auto">Several examples are there in ncl
example pages..you just need to put an effort.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Cheers,</div>
<div dir="auto">Soma </div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Jun 9,
2019, 16:45 Aluthgama Hewage <<a
href="mailto:aluthgamahewage1@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">aluthgamahewage1@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>Hello All,</div>
<div>I downloaded GPCP version 2.3
precipitation data <a
href="http://precip.mon.mean.nc"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">precip.mon.mean.nc</a>
from <font size="3" face="Times New
Roman" color="#000000"> </font>
<p style="margin:0px"><font size="3"><a
href="https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html#detail"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><font
face="Times New Roman"
color="#0000ff">https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html#detail</font></a><b><span
style="margin:0px;font-family:"Courier Bold""><font
color="#000000"> </font></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><span
style="font:400 16px/24px Times
New
Roman;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">but
I cannot read the data.<font
size="2"
face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
color="#004000"> How can I read
this data.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px">Thank you.</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Hewage</p>
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