[ncl-talk] issue with ncl_convert2nc

[Dennis Shea]

netCDF-3 does not allow variable names to start with a number. NetCDF-4 does. Try ncl_convert2nc file.grb -nc4c

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> On Aug 11, 2017, at 3:38 PM, Laura Fowler <laura at ucar.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I also forgot to mention that I am using ncl 6.4.0 . The file
> ei.oper.an.sfc.regn128sc.2015112900 is in the directory
> /glade/p/work/laura/DATA/ERA-INTERIM/MPAS.PacificOCean/fromRDA/2015
> 
> file_grb points to ei.oper.an.sfc.regn128sc.2015112900 and file.nc is
> the output upon using ncl_convert2nc. After contacting Dave Stepaniak,
> David suggested that it may be because the filed name starts with a
> number and not with a letter?
> 
> Thanks,
> Laura
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Laura Fowler <laura at ucar.edu> wrote:
>> Hi:
>> 
>> I am using ncl_convert2nc to convert an grib file from ERA-Interim
>> data (ei.oper.an.sfc.regn128sc.2015112900). Looking at the header of
>> the netCDF file, it looks like there are a back slash in front of the
>> attributes for the variables 10U_GDS4_SFC, 10V_GDS4_SFC, 2T_GDS4_SFC,
>> 2D_GDS4_SFC, but I did not see that any of the data were corrupted.
>> Can someone tell me why there are some back slash in front of those
>> variables and not in front of others?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Laura
>> 
>> 
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>> Laura D. Fowler
>> Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division (MMM)
>> National Center for Atmospheric Research
>> P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000
>> 
>> e-mail: laura at ucar.edu
>> phone: 303-497-1628
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> 
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> Laura D. Fowler
> Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division (MMM)
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000
> 
> e-mail: laura at ucar.edu
> phone: 303-497-1628
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