Re: [ferret_users] HDF Quikscat files from JPL

[Jonathan Callahan <Jonathan.S.Callahan@xxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

Whenever I have a problematic OPeNDAP URL I always try to look at it 
with *dncdump -h* just to get a sense of what it looks like before 
Ferret ever touches it.  In this case, even dncdump can't work with the 
file:

   *** dncdump: ncopen failed on http://dods.jpl.nasa.gov ...

Perhaps the server is down at the moment.


-- Jon

Andy Chiodi wrote:

> Hello,
>     This question is a bit specific, but I'm wondering if by chance 
> anyone else has encountered this problem.  I'm attempting to load
> Quikscat HDF stress files at into ferret via OpenDap.  An example URL is
>
> http://dods.jpl.nasa.gov/dods-bin/nph-hdf/pub/ocean_wind/quikscat/L3/data/2004/QS_STGRD3_2004001.04Jan121544.Z 
>
> when I try to use this in ferret I get the following message
>
> *** NOTE: too many values in attribute "missing_value" in netCDF file 
> variable:
>
> and then ferret seems to get hung up.
>
> The odd thing is that the 2002, 2003, and 2005 wind stress files (for 
> example:
> http://dods.jpl.nasa.gov/dods-bin/nph-hdf/pub/ocean_wind/quikscat/stress/L3/data/2003/QS_STGRD3__2003003.03Feb131520.Z 
> ) seem to work fine; they load into ferret within several seconds.  
> I'm at a loss as to why the 2004 files do not behave similarly.  Any 
> suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> thanks,
>     Andy