Re: [ferret_users] Global Relief -- GRD Files

[Otacilio Leandro <otaciliomneto@xxxxxxxxx>]

It worked here but with

shade 'Z'

because Z is the variable and z is the title.

  1> ./ETOPO1_Bed_g_gmt4.grd  (default)
 name     title                             I         J         K         L
 Z        z                                1:21601   1:10801   ...       ...


2011/4/12 Hein Zelle <hein.zelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Martin Schmidt wrote:
>
>> unfortunately they have chosen to use "z" as depth variable. This is
>> a reserved name for
>> the vertical coordinate in ferret. Please use nco-tools to rename
>> the depth to "depth" or
>> something else. This  should resolve the problem.
>
> Does ferret complain when plotting, or when reading the file with the
> "use" statement?  To plot variables with a reserved name such as x, y,
> z, or t, try doing
>
> shade 'z'
>
> with single quotes.  If that won't work for this file, follow Martin's
> advice and rename the variables with ncrename.
>
> Kind regards,
>     Hein Zelle
>
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