Re: macos and linux ncl 6.1 time_step errors

Barry,

Can you provide your file so we can take a look?

You can use our ftp for this:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/report_bug.shtml#HowToFTP

Thanks,

Wei

huangwei@ucar.edu
VETS/CISL
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000 (1850 Table Mesa Dr.)
Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA
(303) 497-8924

On Dec 5, 2012, at 6:50 AM, Barry McInnes (NOAA Affiliate) wrote:

> For macos 10.8 the time_step is incorrect and changes
> For Linux its incorrect but constant.
> Mac
> Current ncl command linked to ncl.xq.fix
>
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ls -l /usr/local/bin/ncl
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 10 Nov 30 10:53 /usr/local/bin/ncl -> ncl.xq.fix
> [mac11:/usr/local/bin] bmcinnes% ldd ncl.xq.fix
> ncl.xq.fix:
> /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0)
> /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.0.0)
> /usr/X11/lib/libXrender.1.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.0.0)
> /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.5)
> /usr/X11/lib/libXpm.4.dylib (compatibility version 16.0.0, current version 16.0.0)
> /usr/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.0.0)
> /usr/X11/lib/libXext.6.dylib (compatibility version 11.0.0, current version 11.0.0)
> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 159.1.0)
> /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.14.0)
> /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
>
> Run 6.1 on a static file and search for time_step
>
> [mac11:~] bmcinnes% cd sjl
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 115372808
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 267854600
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 117617416
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 189281032
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 120001288
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 239285000
>
> Run the previous version now named ncl6.0
>
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.0 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.0 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.0 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.0 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.0 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
>
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% cat ncl.script
> f=addfile("/Projects/CFSR/.pressure/air.201103.nc4","r")
> print(f)
>
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% uname -a
> Darwin mac11.psd.esrl.noaa.gov 12.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
>
> Running direct ncl6.1 instead of the xq.fix version
>
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 55198552
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 193966936
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 194491224
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 171086680
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes% ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 122868568
> [mac11:~/sjl] bmcinnes%
>
> ncdump -th /Projects/CFSR/.pressure/air.201103.nc4
> netcdf air.201103 {
> dimensions:
> latitude = 361 ;
> longitude = 720 ;
> time = UNLIMITED ; // (124 currently)
> level = 37 ;
> variables:
> double latitude(latitude) ;
> latitude:units = "degrees_north" ;
> latitude:long_name = "latitude" ;
> double longitude(longitude) ;
> longitude:units = "degrees_east" ;
> longitude:long_name = "longitude" ;
> double time(time) ;
> time:units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00.0 0:00" ;
> time:long_name = "verification time generated by wgrib2 function verftime()" ;
> time:reference_time = 1298937600. ; // "2011-03-01"
> time:reference_date = "2011.03.01 00:00:00 UTC" ;
> time:time_step_setting = "auto" ;
> time:reference_time_type = 2 ; // "1970-01-01 00:00:2.000000"
> time:reference_time_description = "analyses, reference date is variable, min found reference date is given" ;
> time:time_step = 21600. ; // "1970-01-01 06"
> float level(level) ;
> level:lev_type = 100 ;
> level:units = "mb" ;
> level:long_name = "1 mb" ;
> level:_FillValue = 9.999e+20f ;
> float air(time, level, latitude, longitude) ;
> air:_FillValue = 9.999e+20f ;
> air:short_name = "air" ;
> air:long_name = "Temperature" ;
> air:level = "1 mb" ;
> air:units = "K" ;
>
> // global attributes:
> :Conventions = "COARDS" ;
> :History = "created by wgrib2" ;
> :GRIB2_grid_template = 0 ;
> }
>
> Linux
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ uname -a
> Linux batchb.psd.esrl.noaa.gov 2.6.18-308.20.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Nov 6 04:38:29 EST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> ncl is 6.0
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 21600
>
>
> ncl6.1 is 6.1
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 7256532
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 7256532
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 7256532
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 7256532
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ ncl6.1 ncl.script | grep time_step
> time_step_setting : auto
> time_step : 7256532
> [bmcinnes@batchb ~/sjl]$ which ncl6.1
> /usr/local/bin/ncl6.1
>
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