Hi there, I have problem to read the same descriptor file in new version of Ferret FERRET v6.842 In New version I got this the time axial should be under “L” : ****************************************************************************************** 1> ./PIC2C-07.iceh.des (default) name title I J K L M N TLON T grid center longitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... TLAT T grid center latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... ULON U grid center longitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... ULAT U grid center latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... NCAT category maximum thickness ... ... ... 1:468 ... ... VGRDI vertical ice levels ... ... 1:1 ... ... ... VGRDS vertical snow levels ... ... 1:1 ... ... ... TMASK ocean grid mask 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... TAREA area of T grid cells 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... UAREA area of U grid cells 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... ANGLE angle grid makes with latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... ANGLET angle grid makes with latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ... ... HI grid cell mean ice thickness 1:360 1:300 ... ... 1:1 ... HS grid cell mean snow thickness 1:360 1:300 ... ... 1:1 ... TSFC snow/ice surface temperature 1:360 1:300 ... ... 1:1 ... AICE ice area (aggregate) 1:360 1:300 ... ... 1:1 ... UVEL ice velocity (x) 1:360 1:300 ... ... 1:1 ... Old version: FERRET v6.51 ****************************************************************************************** 1> ./PIC2C-07.iceh.des (default) name title I J K L TLON T grid center longitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... TLAT T grid center latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ULON U grid center longitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ULAT U grid center latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... NCAT category maximum thickness 1:5 ... ... ... VGRDI vertical ice levels 1:1 ... ... ... VGRDS vertical snow levels 1:1 ... ... ... TMASK ocean grid mask 1:360 1:300 ... ... TAREA area of T grid cells 1:360 1:300 ... ... UAREA area of U grid cells 1:360 1:300 ... ... ANGLE angle grid makes with latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... ANGLET angle grid makes with latitude 1:360 1:300 ... ... HI grid cell mean ice thickness 1:360 1:300 ... 1:468 HS grid cell mean snow thickness 1:360 1:300 ... 1:468 TSFC snow/ice surface temperature 1:360 1:300 ... 1:468 AICE ice area (aggregate) 1:360 1:300 ... 1:468 UVEL ice velocity (x) 1:360 1:300 ... 1:468 Descriptor file looks like this ****************************************************************************************** &FORMAT_RECORD D_TYPE = ' MC' D_FORMAT = ' 1A' / &BACKGROUND_RECORD D_TITLE = 'sea ice model output for CICE' D_T0TIME = '01-JAN-0001 00:00:00' D_TIME_UNIT = 86400 D_TIME_MODULO = .FALSE. D_CALTYPE = 'proleptic_gregorian' / &MESSAGE_RECORD D_MESSAGE = ' ' D_ALERT_ON_OPEN = .FALSE. D_ALERT_ON_OUTPUT = .FALSE. / &EXTRA_RECORD / &STEPFILE_RECORD S_FILENAME = 'iceh.0001-01.nc' S_AUX_SET_NUM = 0 S_START = 15.5 S_END = 15.5 S_DELTA = 1 S_NUM_OF_FILES = 1 S_REGVARFLAG = ' ' / &STEPFILE_RECORD S_FILENAME = 'iceh.0001-02.nc' S_AUX_SET_NUM = 0 S_START = 45 S_END = 45 S_DELTA = 1 S_NUM_OF_FILES = 1 S_REGVARFLAG = ' ' / ****************************************************************************************** Any suggestion? Regards, Arnold |