Re: Variable input error: what am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Gentlemen. I didn't realize that (but I should have)...

OK, so I tried this:
model2Sst=model2[:]->t ; potential temperature with
coordinates : time, zz, y, x
fatal:Aggregating variable t from file list variable model2 as specified
would exceed maximum NCL variable size

gerry

On 10/05/2011 04:45 PM, David Brown wrote:
> Hi Gerry,
> When you use 'addfiles' rather than 'addfile', you get a file list variable rather than a file variable. It requires a different syntax.
> Try
> model2Sst=model2[:]->t
> and
> Time = model2[:]->time
>
> You can say 'model2[0]' in order to "reference a file".
> -dave
>
> On Oct 5, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Gerald Creager wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to assign values to a variable from a netcdf file (ncl_filedump output for the file is attached). A sample snippet of code is attached. Note the error... And, note that line 6 does, in fact load the data into 'model2'.
>>
>> ncl 30> model2Sst=model2->t
>> fatal:(model2) does not reference a filencl 0> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>> ncl 1> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>> ncl 2> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>> ncl 3> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/contrib/calendar_decode2.ncl"
>> ncl 4>
>> ncl 5> fnameModel2=systemfunc ("ls fcast_20100*.nc") ; files location
>> ncl 6> model2=addfiles(fnameModel2, "r")
>> ncl 7> type="x11"
>> ncl 8> Time=model2->time
>> fatal:(model2) does not reference a file
>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 8
>>
>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 30
>>
>> Thanks, Gerry
>> -
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