[ncl-talk] issue with ncl_convert2nc

[Laura Fowler]

Hi:
This did not work either. It did create a file.nc4 instead of file.nc
but I still got
float \2T_GDS4_SFC(g4_lat_0, g4_lon_1)

Thanks,
Laura


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
> netCDF-3 does not allow variable names to start with a number. NetCDF-4 does. Try ncl_convert2nc file.grb -nc4c
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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