Re: TRMM 3B42 V7 HDF files

Hi Dave,
first problem found
no " " around load substring.ncl. I have added them.

I changed "find " command to file my uncompressed files.
   find_command = "find -name '3B42.*.HDF'"

It finds the right number of files 2920, but I get this error:
Seems to be the output file option.


 NCAR Command Language Version 6.0.0
 The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
 See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
(0)
(0) Convert TRMM three hourly HDF files into single Netcdf file.
(0) Start: Mon Jun 9 21:18:28 CDT 2014
(0)
(0) Input base directory = /home/david/Desktop/TRMM_Data/2013
(0) First input file = ./3B42.20130525.00.7.HDF
(0) Last input file = ./3B42.20130408.18.7.HDF
(0) Number of input files = 2920
(0)
(0) Begin output file:
(0) /home/david/Desktop/TRMM_Data/2013/precip.trmm.8x.v7a.1998-2013.nc
(0) Output format = NetCDF4Classic
fatal:Could not create (/home/david/Desktop/TRMM_Data/2013/
precip.trmm.8x.v7a.1998-2013.nc)
warning:FileSetFileOption: invalid file or format
(0) Write metadata and coordinate variables.
fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 247 in file
hdf-to-nc.trmm.3b42.8x.v7a.ncl

thanks,
Dave






On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
dave.allured@noaa.gov> wrote:

> Dave Adams,
>
> It seems that the main program is not even starting to run properly. The
> words "substring.ncl" and "begin" are in the output that you showed. These
> words should not be printed, they are part of the program.
>
> Also, the very first message that you should see after the NCL header is
> "Convert TRMM three hourly HDF files into single Netcdf file". This
> message was NOT in the output that you showed. Therefore, the program is
> not starting properly.
>
> I do not understand what is going on. Let me ask a few really basic
> questions in case you are just getting started.
>
> Did you get the second attachment "substring.ncl" and put it into the same
> directory as the main program?
>
> Did you save both NCL attachments using your mail reader's save function?
> Did the files get corrupted while saving?
>
> Are you starting this program on an operating system (Linux, etc.) command
> line with "ncl" followed by the name of the main program, as shown on line
> 100 in the program?
>
> Try checking syntax of the "load" commands with the NCL documentation.
> There must be double quotes around the file name.
>
> Try making a test copy of the main program. Delete all lines from "Data
> set parameters" (line 112) to the end of the program, except for "end" at
> the very bottom. The test program should now consist only of load and
> print statements, and comments, except for original line 29 which can also
> be deleted.
>
> You can also delete all the comments for the sake of debugging. Also
> delete the load commands themselves if nothing else works.
>
> See if you can get this simple test of a few print statements to work.
> Good luck.
>
> --Dave Allured
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:51 PM, David Adams <dave.k.adams@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave et al.
>>
>> I have set it to
>> ./substring.ncl
>> in hdf-to-nc.trmm.3b42.8x.v7a.ncl\
>>
>> but still get the same error.
>>
>> See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>> ./substring.ncl
>> begin
>> print(fatal:Could not open ()
>> fatal:error at line 107 in file hdf-to-nc.trmm.3b42.8x.v7a.ncl
>>
>> saludos,
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>> dave.allured@noaa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Adams,
>>>
>>> Please, no private replies. Include the mailing list in all replies.
>>>
>>> In the main program, remove the prefix $LIB_NCL/ from the front of the
>>> load command near the top of the program. Or else, in the shell before
>>> running the program, set an environment variable LIB_NCL to "." (single
>>> period).
>>>
>>> --Dave Allured
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:08 PM, David Adams <dave.k.adams@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>> I am trying your code with just 2013 data. The files are complete for
>>>> 2013 uncompressed HDF files. I am getting an error
>>>>
>>>> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>>>> NCAR Command Language Version 6.0.0
>>>> The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>>>> See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>>>> substring.ncl
>>>> begin
>>>> print(fatal:Could not open ()
>>>> fatal:error at line 107 in file hdf-to-nc.trmm.3b42.8x.v7a.ncl
>>>>
>>>> Is there something I am supposed to set for the substring.ncl program?
>>>>
>>>> saludos,
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>>>> dave.allured@noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>

Received on Tue Jun 10 02:24:02 2014