Re: multiNetCDF descriptor, LAS, and OpenDAP

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

Hi Matt,
No, there's not a 72-character limit on lines of descriptor files. I 
saved the portion of the descriptor file that you gave here, and created 
subdirectories to my local directory  named NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/

Running Ferret from the unix command line, not via an LAS, the file 
opens up fine, and I can access the data.  You might try this same 
experiment (versions 5.7 and 5.8 of Ferret behave the same). 
    NOAA/PMEL TMAP
    FERRET v5.70 
    Linux(g77) 2.4.20 - 06/28/04
    25-May-05 11:54    
yes? set data "NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/s3d.des"
yes? sh data
    currently SET data sets:
   1> NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/s3d.des  (default)
name     title           I         J         K         L
SALINITY Salinity       1:163     1:229     1:40      1:3

yes? shade/k=1/l=3 salinity




Matt Fulgo wrote:

> Greeting all,
>
> I am trying to setup a dataset in LAS using a descriptor file.  The
> dataset is separated to one file per variable per timestep.  After
> configuring LAS and creating the des file, I get the following error from
> LAS:
>
> Adding an acceptable error string: "*** NOTE: ".
> 	NOAA/PMEL TMAP
> 	FERRET v5.70
> 	Linux(g77) 2.4.20 - 06/28/04
> 	25-May-05 12:35
>
> yes? cancel mode verify
> yes? cancel mode interp
> yes? canc data/all
> yes? go std_initialize "NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/s3d.des" "1" "1" "Salinity"
> **TMAP ERR: non-existent or not on line
>             No files on-line from data set
>             Data set: NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/s3d.des
> set data "NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/s3d.des"
> Command file, command group, or REPEAT execution aborted
>
> The descriptor file is as follows:
>
> &FORMAT_RECORD
>     D_TYPE = ' MC',
>     D_FORMAT = ' 1A',
>     D_SOURCE_CLASS = 'MODEL OUTPUT',
> /
> &BACKGROUND_RECORD
>      D_EXPNUM = '0001',
>      D_TITLE = '',
>      D_T0TIME = '01-Oct-2000 00:00:00.00',
>      D_TIME_UNIT = 43200,
>      D_TIME_MODULO = .FALSE.,
> /
> &MESSAGE_RECORD
>      D_MESSAGE = ' ',
>      D_ALERT_ON_OPEN = F,
>      D_ALERT_ON_OUTPUT = F,
> /
> &EXTRA_RECORD
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>       s_filename =
> 'http://supply.nrlssc.navy.mil/cgi-bin/nph-dods/NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/nc/s3d/s3d.ncom.h002.090.nest1.20001001_00000000.nc',
>       S_START = 0,
>       S_END = 0,
>       S_DELTA = 1,
>       S_NUM_OF_FILES = 1,
>       S_REGVARFLAG = ' ',
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>       s_filename =
> 'http://supply.nrlssc.navy.mil/cgi-bin/nph-dods/NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/nc/s3d/s3d.ncom.h002.090.nest1.20001001_12000000.nc',
>       S_START = 1,
>       S_END = 1,
>       S_DELTA = 1,
>       S_NUM_OF_FILES = 1,
>       S_REGVARFLAG = ' ',
> /
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>       s_filename =
> 'http://supply.nrlssc.navy.mil/cgi-bin/nph-dods/NCOMCCS/h002/expt_09.0/nc/s3d/s3d.ncom.h002.090.nest1.20001002_00000000.nc',
>       S_START = 2,
>       S_END = 2,
>       S_DELTA = 1,
>       S_NUM_OF_FILES = 1,
>       S_REGVARFLAG = ' ',
> /
> ---------other 909 records not included------------
> &STEPFILE_RECORD
>       s_filename = '**END OF STEPFILES**'
> /
>
> I have heard rumors of a 72 column limit for descriptor files, could this
> have anything to do with the failure?  Any help is appreciated and
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Matt
>