Re: DODS/LAS

[Long Pham <pham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan,

It seems that the addXML script only works with netCDF files.
Can you recommend a way of adding DODS HDF or HDF-EOS data
format?

Thanks,

~ Long ~


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Callahan" <callahan@pmel.noaa.gov>
To: "Charmaine King" <king@trough.mit.edu>
Cc: <las_users@ferret.wrc.noaa.gov>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: DODS/LAS


> Charmaine,
>
> You had a couple of questions that I'll rephrase and try to answer here:
>
> 1) How do I get the grid associated with a DODS file?
>
> 2) How can I use addXml.pl to add a DODS file?
>
>
> 1) The answer to 2) is one way of getting the answer to 1) but there is
> another answer as well.  We have created a number of xml files for DODS
> data we're aware of.  You can find a whole bunch of .xml, .jnl and .des
> files in the following directories:
>
> http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/LAS_xmlFiles/
> http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/LAS_jnlFiles/
> http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/LAS_desFiles/
>
> 2) If you have a recent version of addXml.pl (LAS v5.0 or higher) you
> should be able to pass a DODS URL to it.  If you are in the directory
> lasxml/server/ you can type:
>
> ../xml/perl/addXml.pl --out_inc ../xml/perl/template.xml
> http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/data/ocean_atlas_monthly.nc
>
>
> This will create an "includable" xml file for you.  For more information
> on xml includes see:
>
> http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/FAQ/xml_includes.html
>
>
> I hope that helps.
>
>
> -- Jon Callahan
>
>
> Charmaine King wrote:
> >
> > Can you tell me the correct syntax for adding an external DODS dataset
to my
> > LAS web page?
> > I want something that looks 'something' like:
> > ../xml/perl/addXml.pl las.xml las.xml
> >
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/reynolds_sst/sst.mnmean.nc
> >
> > Charmaine King
>
>
> Charmaine King wrote:
> >
> > All,
> > I'm in the midst of setting up LAS/DODS web servers.
> > How do I get outside DODS data into LAS?
> > I found a LAS FAQ example that addresses an outside DODS dataset.
However,
> > it uses a 'link match to the local machine'.
> > ........
> >    <variables>
> >     <mnmean name="Monthly Means of SST" units="degC"
> >
> >
url="http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-nc/Datasets/reynolds_sst/sst.mnmean
.nc#
> > sst">
> >      <link
match="/lasdata/grids/CDC_reynolds_sst_mnmean_LON_LAT_TIME_grid"/>
> >     </mnmean>
> > ............................
> > How do I  create this ..LON_LAT_TIME_grid, or how can I find the grid
file that
> > sits in www.cdc.noaa.gov?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Charmaine King
>