Re: [ferret_users] Ferret not recognizing a variable from an input NETCDF

[Patrick.Brockmann@xxxxxx]

Hi,
Enclose you variable with single quotes.
Patrick

> Hi All,
>
> I am having a problem getting ferret to recognize a variable name.
>
> A NETCDF that I'm inputting has a variable called "anthro_dust_0.1". This
> is the variable name that shows up with I run "show data" on the NETCDF
> file after loading it into ferret. However, when I try to do any
> operations
> on  "anthro_dust_0.1" (as simple as list, for example), I get an error
> like
> the following:
>
> "ERROR: variable unknown or not in data set:
> ANTHRO_DUST_0.1[D=2,X=100:122.5@AVE,Y=22.5:40N@AVE,Z=@SUM, L=61:72@AVE]"
>
> I'm able to successfully manipulate other variables in the NETCDF files
> that do not contain the decimal point in the variable name. I'm guessing
> the problem has to do with ferret having trouble parsing a variable name
> that contains a decimal point. Is this a known problem? If so, how do I
> get
> around it? Anyone have an idea of other issues that could cause this
> problem, if the decimal point is not the issue?
>
> I am running FERRET v6.725 on a Linux 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 64-bit system.
>
> Thanks,
>     Geeta
>


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