Re: 5.1.1 not recognising some ECMWF variables

FYI: The documentation at:
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/new_release.shtml

Spcifically:
Change to the procedure for updating GRIB 1 parameter tables

Addresses this issue.

>
>
> Gilmour, Isla wrote:
>> I've got some code running under NCL vs 5.1.0 which pulls out a number
>
>> of variables from ECMWF grib files and plots them.
>>
>> When I try to run the same code under NCL vs 5.1.1, I get a fatal
> error
>> due to some of the variables I'm trying to pull in not being
>> recognised. Bizarrely some of the variables are still recognised,
> some
>> not. Below are some examples, tho neither list is likely to be
> complete.
>>
>>
>> Not recognised:
>>
>> VAR_167_GDS4_SFC_10
>> VAR_151_GDS4_SFC_10
>> VAR_228_GDS4_SFC_10_1
>>
>>
>>
>> Recognised
>>
>> VAR_156_GDS4_ISBL_10
>>
>> VAR_34_GDS4_SFC_10
>>
>>
>>
>> Any insight (and a fix/work around) much appreciated
>>
>> I can send sample grib file offline if needs be. Further details
> below
>> Isla Gilmour
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Error message on running under 5.1.1 is
>>
>> "fatal:Either file (input_file) isn't defined or variable
>> (VAR_167_GDS4_SFC_10) is not a variable in the file"
>>
>>
>>
>> VAR_167 is the first variable to be pulled in. Commenting out the
> lines
>> which read in vars 167, 151 & 228, the code runs to completion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lack of variable recognition in 5.1.1 confirmed by using
>>
>> ; ---- begin script -----
>> var_1 = getfilevarnames(input_file)
>> do i = 0, dimsizes(var_1)-1
>> print(var_1(i))
>> end do
>> ; ---- end script -----
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> version-5.1.1
>> -------------
>>
>> |root_at_xxx Mon Jun 22 ~|ncl < test.ncl |egrep -v warning | egrep
>> '\.grb|167|151|228_GDS4_SFC_10_1'
>> (0) /ECM_01.grb
>> (0) /ECM_02.grb
>> (0) /ECM_03.grb
>> (0) /ECM_04.grb
>>
>>
>> version-5.1.0
>> -------------
>>
>> |a_at_yyy Mon Jun 22 ncl < test.ncl |egrep -v warning | egrep
>> '\.grb|167|151|228_GDS4_SFC_10_1'
>> (0) /ECM_01.grb
>> (0) VAR_228_GDS4_SFC_10_1
>> (0) VAR_167_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) VAR_151_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) /ECM_02.grb
>> (0) VAR_228_GDS4_SFC_10_1
>> (0) VAR_167_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) VAR_151_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) /ECM_03.grb
>> (0) VAR_228_GDS4_SFC_10_1
>> (0) VAR_167_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) VAR_151_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) /ECM_04.grb
>> (0) VAR_228_GDS4_SFC_10_1
>> (0) VAR_167_GDS4_SFC_10
>> (0) VAR_151_GDS4_SFC_10
>>
>> v5.1.1 installed on Solaris x86. v5.1.0 on Solaris SPARC.
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Received on Tue Jun 23 2009 - 08:42:33 MDT