Fwd: [ferret_users] Topex data in NetCDF

[Peter Cornillon <pcornillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not a Ferret so I am probably not the right person to lead Sriram through this. Can someone else on the list help; he wants to know how to use an OPeNDAP-accessible data set directly from Ferret? Thanks.

Peter

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Prakya Shree Ram <srprakhya@yahoo.com>
> Date: August 12, 2005 12:22:28 AM EDT
> To: Peter Cornillon <pcornillon@gso.uri.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ferret_users] Topex data in NetCDF
>
> Dear Cornillon,
>
> Thanks for your response to my request.  I have
> recently started using the Ferret and do not know how
> to read the data over the directly into Ferret.  Can
> you please give me some guidence.
>
> Looking forward to your reply.
>
> Regards,
> Sriram
>
> --- Peter Cornillon <pcornillon@gso.uri.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi Sririam,
> >
> > 1) You can get gridded T/P SSH data from the MERSEA
> > site via OPeNDPAP,  
> > i.e., read them over the network directly into
> > Ferret. They are COARDS  
> > compliant, so Ferret should be able to handle them
> > with no trouble.  
> > Here's the URL for the MERSEA page that points to
> > the suite of SSH  
> > products that they provide:
> http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/html/donnees/produits/msla_uk.html
> > They may have other SSH products as well, their site
> > is quite extensive
> >
> > 2) Gridded T/P products are also available from the
> > JPL PO-DAAC via an  
> > OPeNDAP server. The URL for these data is:
> http://dods.jpl.nasa.gov/dods-bin/nph-nc/pub/data_collections/woce_v3/
> > topex/data/05_deg/ or replace the 05 with 10 for 1
> > degree grids, the 05  
> > is for 1/2 degree grids.
> >
> > You can find a description of this data set at the
> > GCMD:
> >
> > http://gcmd.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Metadata.do? 
> Portal=GCMD&KeywordPath=&EntryId=JPL_OCEANESIP_SSHR_GRID&MetadataView=Br
> > ief&MetadataType=0
> >
> > or at:
> http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov:2031/DATASET_DOCS/woce_v3.html
> > I coudn't find raw T/P records available via
> > OPeNDAP.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 11, 2005, at 6:59 AM, Prakya Shree Ram wrote:
> >
> > > Dear ferreters,
> > >
> > > Any idea from where I can get T/P sea surface
> > height
> > > data is NetCDF format?  I need this data from
> > > April-August2001 for all the cycles.
> > >
> > > Please give me the web address or else send me the
> > > file if any one has it.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Sriram
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