Re: GRIB to NC file

You don't want to run "ncl_convert2nc" from the ncl command line
interface. You want to run it from the UNIX command line.

--Mary

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, James McPhee wrote:

> Dear Mary, this is the output I get from your instructions:
>
> topanga:~ jmcphee$ ncl -V
> 5.1.1
>
> topanga:~ jmcphee$ which ncl
> /usr/local/bin/ncl
>
> topanga:~ jmcphee$ which ncl_convert2nc
> /usr/local/bin/ncl_convert2nc
>
> topanga:~ jmcphee$ ls -l `which ncl_convert2nc'
>>
>
> topanga:~ jmcphee$ ncl
> Copyright (C) 1995-2009 - All Rights Reserved
> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
> NCAR Command Language Version 5.1.1
> The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
> See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
> ncl 0> ncl_convert2nc $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/data/grb/ced1.lf00.t00z.eta.grb
> fatal:syntax error: line 0 before or near $
> ncl_convert2nc $
> ---------------^
>
> fatal:error in statement
> ncl 1>
>
> also, with my own data what i get is:
>
> ncl 1> ncl_convert2nc HADCM3_B2_prec_1960-2099.grb
> fatal:syntax error: line 1 before or near HADCM3_B2_prec_1960
> ncl_convert2nc HADCM3_B2_prec_1960
> ---------------------------------^
>
> fatal:error in statement
>
> I should point out that in the same folder I also have tow files, with
> extensions .ctl and .gmp.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
> James McPhee
> Ingeniero Civil, PhD.
> Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Ingenieria Civil
> Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Chile
> Av. Blanco Encalada 2002 piso 3
> Santiago, Chile
> tel: +56-2-9784397
> jmcphee_at_ing.uchile.cl
> http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~jmcphee
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Mary Haley wrote:
>
>>
>> James,
>>
>> What's the exact error message that you receive?
>>
>> Does the following produce an error message:
>>
>> ncl_convert2nc $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/data/grb/ced1.lf00.t00z.eta.grb
>>
>> Finally, what does the following report:
>>
>> ncl -V
>> which ncl
>> which ncl_convert2nc
>> ls -l `which ncl_convert2nc`
>> printenv NCARG_ROOT
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 jmcphee_at_ing.uchile.cl wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to convert .grb files to netcdf using ncl. I have the
>>> latest ncl distribution running on OS X 10.5. When I try running the
>>> command
>>>
>>> ncl_convert2nc foo -e grb
>>>
>>> I just get a syntax error, and no more information.
>>>
>>> Any help will be much appreciated!
>>>
>>> James
>>>
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