James,
Kate is correct in that the problem may be due to a 2 Gb limit. Even
if you have a 64-bit version of NCL, there are still some limitations.
If you want to read more about this, please see Unidata's FAQ on
large file support and netCDF:
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/docs/faq.html#Large%20File%20Support
--Mary
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Kate Hedstrom wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:20:58AM -0600, James Adler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had another unrelated question. I wrote a script that
>> inputs a large netcdf file. When I try to call one of the
>> variables from the file, I get the following error:
>>
>> ncvarget: Error in getting the data: Invalid argument
>>
>> The variable is a 241 x 20 x 7350 double array.
>>
>> When I try to get only part of this variable it seems to
>> be ok. Is it that it is too large?
>
> What system are you on and are you running a 64-bit NCL? You could be
> having problems with something being larger than 2 GB, the 32-bit
> limit. Is the file you're reading larger than 2 GB? That array
> shouldn't be.
>
> Kate
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