Re: Reading IEEE files

[Steve Hankin <hankin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Arne,

I believe you'll find a description of what you need in chapter 2 (Data
Sets) of the Ferret Users' Guide:

http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/v44/chapter2.html#_1_45
	
Your file is all in a single "record", since it is created by a single
call to a FORTRAN WRITE statement.

The solution will be something like:

   yes? FILE/FORMAT=UNF/VAR=q/COLUMNS=`902*505` "1993/pm93_010"

	- steve

P.S. The IEEE file needs to have been created on a machine of the same
binary "endian-ness" as the one on which Ferret is running. If, not, I
can sent you a FORTRAN program of a few lines to correct the
endian-ness. Ferret V.5 is (when released) able to adapt to endian
reversals.

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Arne Biastoch wrote:
> 
> Hi Ferreters,
> 
> does anyone know how to read IEEE files with FERRET (on a DEC Alpha)?
> My file is written as IEEE with the following lines:
> 
>          REAL*4 Q(902,505)
>          open(55,file='1993/pm93_010',form='unformatted',
>      &        status = 'old',iostat = ios)
>          write(55) Q
> 
> Ciao,
>         Arne
> 
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