I have tried to use muti-netcdf files in ferret, but failed.
I have two files. One is the model outputs of 10 years with 1 record per year. Another file is the outputs of next 100 years with 1 record per year.
I have constructed the descriptor file as :
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$FORMAT_RECORD
D_TYPE
= ' MC',
D_FORMAT
= ' 1A',
D_SOURCE_CLASS
= 'MODEL OUTPUT',
$END
$BACKGROUND_RECORD
D_TITLE
= 'MOM model output forced by Sadler winds',
D_T0TIME
= '01-Jan-1765',
D_TIME_UNIT
= 1,
D_TIME_MODULO
= .FALSE.,
$END
$EXTRA_RECORD
$END
$STEPFILE_RECORD
s_filename
= 'diag_flx_S_O_10.nc'
S_AUX_SET_NUM
= 0,
S_START
= 15768000,
S_END
= 299592000,
S_DELTA
= 31536000,
S_NUM_OF_FILES
= 1,
$END
$STEPFILE_RECORD
s_filename
= 'diag_flx_S_O_10_100.nc'
S_AUX_SET_NUM
= 0,
S_START
= 15768000,
S_END
= 3137832000,
S_DELTA
= 31536000,
S_NUM_OF_FILES
= 1,
$END
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When I type comond in ferret as
yes? set data_set test.des
**TMAP ERR: Error in namelist record
Error in: FORMAT_RECORD; or file not descriptor file
Data set: ./test.des
I don't know what is wrong.
By the way,
1. may I set
D_TIME_UNIT = 3600,
to change the time units? I mean not really change the values in the netcdf file.
2. Do the values in S_START and S_END have to be equal to the time values in the netcdf files?
Thanks.
Xin
-- ________________________________________ Xin Jin Inst.of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California Los Angeles 5845 Slichter Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-4996, USA phone: (310) 825 4526 fax : (310) 206 3051 email: xjin@igpp.ucla.edu