Re: how to use MC files

["Kevin O'Brien" <Kevin.M.O'Brien@xxxxxxxx>]

There are two possible solutions.  First off I notice that your FORMAT 
RECORD is delimited using the "&" character, rather than the $ character 
as the other namelist delimiters are.  So, it should look like

$FORMAT_RECORD
 D_TYPE   = '  MC',
 D_FORMAT = '  1A',
$END


If, on the other hand, you are running Ferret on a linux system, then 
the namelist format is a bit different.  For the answer to that see the 
FAQ at:

   http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/FAQ/system/linux_mc_descriptors.html


Cheers -

Kevin

Boyin Huang wrote:

> How to use multi-cdf files?
>
> I am getting error message:
>
> **TMAP ERR: Error in namelist record
>             Error in: FORMAT_RECORD; or file not
> descriptor file
>             Data set: ./gfdl.des
> SET DAT/FORM=CDF gfdl
>
>
> I am using following files named "gfdl.des" (I also
> tried '$' and '$end' in the namelist, but the same
> error appears):
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> # multi-cdf file descriptor
>
> &FORMAT_RECORD
>  D_TYPE   = '  MC',
>  D_FORMAT = '  1A',
> &
>
> $BACKGROUND_RECORD
>  D_TITLE       = 'GFDL SSH',
>  D_T0TIME      = '1-JAN-1600',
>  D_TIME_UNIT   = 2592000.,
>  D_CALTYPE     = '360_DAY',
> $END
>
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>  S_FILENAME    =
> '/indus_02/byh/zos/zos_gfdl-c96a_con_1600_1609.nc',
>  S_START       = 1.,
>  S_END         = 120.,
>  S_DELTA       = 1.,
>  S_NUM_FILES   = 1,
> $END
>
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>  S_FILENAME    =
> '/indus_02/byh/zos/zos_gfdl-c96a_con_1610_1619.nc',
>  S_START       = 121.,
>  S_END         = 240.,
>  S_DELTA       = 1.,
>  S_NUM_FILES   = 1,
> $END
>
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>  S_FILENAME    = '**END OF STEPFILES**'
> $END
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
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Kevin O'Brien                   UW/JISAO	
Research Scientist              NOAA/PMEL/TMAP
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