Re: TRMM 3B42 V7 HDF files

Hi Dennis,
thanks for the help. I basically need 2006 to 2013 and just accumulated
precip or precip rate would be fine. I don´t if this is too much
 data.

thanks,
Dave


On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Dennis Shea <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:

>
> As mentioned the NASA mirador site offers the option to have the files
> transformed from HDF=>netCDF. Download the http file names and use the
> 'wget' command as indicated by NASA. To download all the files will take
> some time. I have the 3-hrly data grouped by year-month (1998-2013). Each
> file is 571MB. If you have only a small period for which you need the dat=
a,
> I could make that available via ftp. I can not make the entire archive
> available. A sample 'ncdump -h' for August, 8 attached. Note: These files
> contain *only* precipitation.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Khandu <khandu2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can download netcdf files directly from their website.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On 9 Jun 2014, at 23:11, David Adams <dave.k.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi NCLers
>> >
>> > Is there an easy way to convert HDF files to netcdf files for the TRMM
>> > 3B42 V7 data? I had done it before with v6.
>> >
>> > ncl_convert2nc 3B42.20121230.12.7.HDF
>> > doesn't seem to work.
>> > I get the following error
>> >
>> > warning:HDF: fakeDim2 is a zero length dimension some variables may be
>> ignored
>> > warning:HDF: fakeDim3 is a zero length dimension some variables may be
>> ignored
>> > warning:HDF: fakeDim4 is a zero length dimension some variables may be
>> ignored
>> > warning:HDF: A zero length dimension was found in variable
>> > (InputFileNames), ignoring this variable
>> > warning:HDF: A zero length dimension was found in variable
>> > (InputAlgorithmVersions), ignoring this variable
>> > warning:HDF: A zero length dimension was found in variable
>> > (InputGenerationDateTimes), ignoring this variable
>> > ncdimdef: ncid 65536: NetCDF: NC_UNLIMITED size already in use
>> > ncdimdef: ncid 65536: NetCDF: NC_UNLIMITED size already in use
>> > fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 360 in file
>> /tmp/tmp5008.ncl
>> >
>> > Or are there 3B42 V7 in netcdf format for the entire data set that I
>> > can download with wget?
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Dave
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