Re: ncl_convert2nc expression syntax

From: Mary Haley <haley_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Tue Oct 22 2013 - 10:28:56 MDT

Same here, I couldn't reproduce the problem on my Mac.

I think Wei and I both have 64-bit Macs, and I noticed you have a 32-bit Mac. I wonder if this is part of the problem.

Are you able to do an ncl_filedump on the file?

ncl_filedump MERRA100.prod.assim.tavgM_2d_flx_Nx.197901.hdf

or, as Wei suggested, treat this as an HE5 file:

ncl_filedump MERRA100.prod.assim.tavgM_2d_flx_Nx.197901.hdf.he5

What version of MacOS are you running, and which NCL binary did you download?

To get the MacOS version:

sw_vers -productVersion

--Mary

On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Wei Huang <huangwei@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Laura,
>
> Sorry, I mean I could NOT reproduce your issue on my Mac.
> 6.1.2 on my Mac generated a NetCDF file properly.
>
> Wei
>
> huangwei@ucar.edu
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>
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Wei Huang <huangwei@ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Laura,
>>
>> I could reproduce your issue.
>>
>> You may try:
>>
>> ncl_convert2nc MERRA100.prod.assim.tavgM_2d_flx_Nx.197901.hdf.he5
>>
>> as this one is truly a HDF-EOS data.
>>
>> 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 Oct 22, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Laura Briley <auraell@umich.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I am trying to use the ncl_convert2nc command to convert hdf files to netcdf but get the error: "if: Expression Syntax". Here is the important information that I think you need:
>>>
>>> [Laura-Brileys-MacBook:~] laura% ncl -V
>>> 6.1.2
>>> [Laura-Brileys-MacBook:My Passport/Data/MERRA] laura% ncl_convert2nc MERRA100.prod.assim.tavgM_2d_flx_Nx.197901.hdf
>>> if: Expression Syntax.
>>> [Laura-Brileys-MacBook:My Passport/Data/MERRA] laura% uname -a
>>> Darwin Laura-Brileys-MacBook.local 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
>>>
>>> I have put one of the files on your ftp site: MERRA100.prod.assim.tavgM_2d_flx_Nx.197901.hdf
>>>
>>> Others have had the same problem but I have not come across any solutions yet:
>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Support/talk_archives/2011/3210.html
>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Support/talk_archives/2010/2138.html
>>>
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