[ferret_users] Error when subsetting NetCDF file

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Subject: [ferret_users] Error when subsetting NetCDF file

From: Nancy Williams - NOAA Affiliate <nancy.williams@xxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:47:19 -0800

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Hello All,

I am trying to subset a large NetCDF file to sample only monthly surface salinity values for 2013-2017 using the following code but am getting a NetCDF error. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks,

Nancy Williams

williams% pyferret

NOAA/PMEL TMAP

PyFerret v7.42 (optimized)

Darwin 14.5.0 - 08/01/18

27-Nov-18 15:35

yes? set memory/size=1000

yes? use bsose_i001_2013to2017_monthly_Salt.nc

*** NOTE: Internal err: unknown data type

*** NOTE: Axis coordinates are decreasing-ordered. Reversing ordering for axis Z

yes? show data

currently SET data sets:

1> ./bsose_i001_2013to2017_monthly_Salt.nc (default)

name title I J K L

ITER model timestep number ... ... ... 1:60

DEPTH ocean depth 1:2160 1:586 ... ...

RA cell area 1:2160 1:586 ... ...

DRF cell z size ... ... 1:52 ...

HFACC vertical fraction of open cell 1:2160 1:586 1:52 ...

SALT Salinity 1:2160 1:586 1:52 1:60

yes? let S=SALT[k=52]

yes? show var

Created by DEFINE VARIABLE:

>>> Definitions that replace any file variable of same name:

S = SALT[K=52]

yes? save/clobber/file="BSOSE20132017.nc" S

LISTing to file BSOSE20132017.nc

NetCDF: Not a valid data type or _FillValue type mismatch (OPeNDAP/netCDF Error code -45)

Failed creating coord variable TIME

yes?

Nancy L. Williams
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
nancy.williams@xxxxxxxx