Re: TRMM 3B42 V7 HDF files

Dave Adams,

Attached is an NCL script to translate original TRMM 3B42 V7 HDF files and
aggregate them into a single large Netcdf file. This approach seemed to be
more efficient than working with Netcdf files translated by the Mirador
server. You might find this useful.

--Dave Allured


On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:11 AM, 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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Received on Mon Jun 09 08:08:38 2014