Re: _FillValue type mismatch

An easy to do this is:

data@_FillValue = -9999h

This is the way to create a "short" in NCL.

Wei Huang
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On Mar 18, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Mary Haley wrote:

> Tong,
>
> NCL will not allow you to take something of a higher precision (an
> integer in this case) and assign it to something of smaller precision
> (a short in this case).
>
> This is because you can potentially lose precision.
>
> NCL has a set of conversion functions that allow you to do this. Try
> using integertoshort:
>
> data@_FillValue = integertoshort(-9999)
>
> In version 5.2.0, we will have a new set of conversion functions
> where you don't have
> to indicate the "from" precision. That is, you'll be able to use:
>
> data@_FillValue = toshort(-9999)
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Tong Qi wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to designate a _FillValue for a data field, but when I
>> try data@_FillValue=-9999, I get
>> "fatal:Type Mismatch: The type of missing value could not be
>> converted to type of variable (Cirrus_Reflectance_Mean)"
>>
>> Both _FillValue and the data type are 16-bit integers. Where could
>> the mismatch be?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Tong
>>
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