Re: DODS access to GDS GRIB files

[Lynn deWitt <ldewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Matt,
  For starters, you need quotes around the entire URL.  Lynn

On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 09:35 AM, Matt Howard wrote:

> Help,
>
> I'm trying to use a DODS-enabled version of ferret to access Eta
> weather model output through the NOAA NOMAD servers. My goal is
> to pull down regional subsets of the Eta fields. But right now I'd
> be happy if ferret could read anything from the target file.
>
> A web browser or the OPeN DAP Data Connector shows that the following
> URL is correct. But ferret complains.
>
> saltwater> ferret
>         NOAA/PMEL TMAP
>         FERRET v5.41
>         IRIX 6.5 - 08/30/02
>          9-Feb-04 11:12
>
> yes? use
> http://nomad1.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/eta/archive/eta20040209/ 
> eta1hr_00z?vgrd10m.lat[0:1:10]
>  ** netCDF error: Invalid Argument
>  is this a CDF file ?
>
> The underlying file is probably in GRIB format not netCDF, but DODS
> should be making this transparent to me.
>
> Any ideas why this access doesn't work. Is there a workaround?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
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Lynn deWitt
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