Re: creating a multi-file netCDF data set

[Ansley Manke <Ansley.B.Manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob,
Welcome to Ferret!  The code that reads descriptor files has
some very particular requirements.  You need two blank spaces
before the MC  and the 1A  in the lines

        D_TYPE = ' MC',
        D_FORMAT = ' 1A',

And it looks as if you have just one blank space.  This is something
that will be changed in the next version of Ferret, due to be released
this summer.  Ferret will be able to read the string with or without the
blanks.

Ansley Manke

Bob Yu wrote:

>  
> Hi ferreters,
>
> I am a new user. Would someone please give me hints for this error.
>
> Thanks a lot!!
>
>         NOAA/PMEL TMAP
>         FERRET v5.50  
>         Linux 2.4.3-12smp - 01/15/03
>         07-May-03 14:33     
>
> yes? set data y.des
>  **TMAP ERR: unrecognized data type in FORMAT_RECORD
>              Type declared MC
>              Data set: ./y.des
>
> ******** here is the y.des (linuxizered from yy.des, below) *********
> &FORMAT_RECORD
>         D_TYPE = ' MC',
>         D_FORMAT = ' 1A',
> /
> &BACKGROUND_RECORD
>  D_TITLE = 'Model output: HYCOM, expt 01.9',
>         D_T0TIME = '16-JAN-0030 00:00',
>         D_TIME_UNIT = 'month',
>         D_CLATYPE = 360_DAY,
> /
> &MESSAGE_RECORD
> /
> &EXTRA_RECORD
> /
>
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_016_00_mix.nc' ,
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_046_00_mix.nc' ,
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_076_00_mix.nc' ,
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_106_00_mix.nc' ,
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_136_00_mix.nc' ,
> /
>
> ************* here is the yy.des **********
>
> $FORMAT_RECORD
>         D_TYPE = ' MC',
>         D_FORMAT = ' 1A',
> $END
> $BACKGROUND_RECORD
>         D_TITLE = 'Model output: HYCOM, expt 01.9',
>         D_T0TIME = '16-JAN-0030 00:00',
>         D_TIME_UNIT = 'month',
>         D_CLATYPE = 360_DAY,
> $END
> $MESSAGE_RECORD
> $END
> $EXTRA_RECORD
> $END
>
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_016_00_mix.nc' ,
> $END
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_046_00_mix.nc' ,
> $END
>
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_076_00_mix.nc' ,
> $END
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_106_00_mix.nc' ,
> $END
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>         s_filename     = 'archv.0030_136_00_mix.nc' ,
> $END
>
>
> Bob
>
> Code 971, Goddard Space Flight Center
> Greenbelt, MD 20771
> (301)614-6850  yuy@nemo.gsfc.nasa.gov
>

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Ansley Manke  Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  Seattle WA  (206)526-6246