Reading in binary file using fbindirread

Hi there,

I am trying to read in a binary file but am not sure what exactly I am
getting. My data is described as being in the format: "flat binary file of
array size 721x721 in 1-byte unsigned integers". The dataset's resolution is
25 km NH.

I got fbindirread to run using the following:

data = = fbindirread ("path/file",0, -1, "integer")

and the variable summary was as follows:

Variable: snow
Type: integer
Total Size: 519840 bytes
            129960 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes: [129960]
Coordinates:

I am unclear on why the dimensions and sizes do not reflect the array size
and how to go about reading this in as a 2D array rather than one long
record. I tried running fbindirread using the options:
fbindirread("path/file",0,(/nlat,nlon/),"integer") where nlat and nlon = 721
but this did not match the record size which is not surprising based on the
printVarSummary info above.

Any suggestions on how to read this data and assign coordinates would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Gina.

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Received on Fri Jul 9 07:13:39 2010