Re: reading a HDF swap file

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Benyang,
These files don't follow the COARDS or CF conventions which Ferret needs to
read HDF files via DODS.  If you use a browser to look at the DODS .dds 
file, that is
point your browser to filename.hdf.dds:

http://g0dug03u.ecs.nasa.gov/dods-bin/nph-dods/datapool/AIRS_L2_PRODUCTS/AIRX2RET.002/2003.03.03/AIRS.2003.03.03.001.L2.RetStd.v3.0.8.0.G04137131312.hdf.dds

you will see that this is a structure of sequences.  The DODS NetCDF 
client cannot
read sequences.  One idea is to use the browser form to get ascii 
values, save them
to a local file, and then read those into Ferret.  The link for that is 
filename.hdf.html

http://g0dug03u.ecs.nasa.gov/dods-bin/nph-dods/datapool/AIRS_L2_PRODUCTS/AIRX2RET.002/2003.03.03/AIRS.2003.03.03.001.L2.RetStd.v3.0.8.0.G04137131312.hdf.html

Ansley


Benyang Tang wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to open a DODS hdf-eos file with:
>
> use 
> "http://g0dug03u.ecs.nasa.gov/dods-bin/nph-dods/datapool/AIRS_L2_PRODUCTS/AIRX2RET.002/2003.03.03/AIRS.2003.03.03.001.L2.RetStd.v3.0.8.0.G04137131312.hdf";
>
> It is a swap file (i.e., on a curvilinear grid). Ferret does not see
> anything in the file.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>