Re: Variable input error: what am I doing wrong?

I'll give it a try in a little while (parental duties right now!)

gc

Adam Phillips wrote:
> Hi Gerry,
> The newest version of ncl (v6.0.0) allows array sizes larger than 2GB.
> Previous versions do not. I am guessing you are using a pre-6.0.0
> version and your aggregated T array is (potentially) larger than 2GB..
>
> If I'm off on my guess let us know.. Adam
>
> On 10/05/2011 04:50 PM, Gerald Creager wrote:
>> Thanks, Gentlemen. I didn't realize that (but I should have)...
>>
>> OK, so I tried this:
>> model2Sst=model2[:]->t ; potential temperature with
>> coordinates : time, zz, y, x
>> fatal:Aggregating variable t from file list variable model2 as specified
>> would exceed maximum NCL variable size
>>
>> gerry
>>
>> On 10/05/2011 04:45 PM, David Brown wrote:
>>> Hi Gerry,
>>> When you use 'addfiles' rather than 'addfile', you get a file list variable rather than a file variable. It requires a different syntax.
>>> Try
>>> model2Sst=model2[:]->t
>>> and
>>> Time = model2[:]->time
>>>
>>> You can say 'model2[0]' in order to "reference a file".
>>> -dave
>>>
>>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Gerald Creager wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to assign values to a variable from a netcdf file (ncl_filedump output for the file is attached). A sample snippet of code is attached. Note the error... And, note that line 6 does, in fact load the data into 'model2'.
>>>>
>>>> ncl 30> model2Sst=model2->t
>>>> fatal:(model2) does not reference a filencl 0> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>>>> ncl 1> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>>>> ncl 2> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>>>> ncl 3> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/contrib/calendar_decode2.ncl"
>>>> ncl 4>
>>>> ncl 5> fnameModel2=systemfunc ("ls fcast_20100*.nc") ; files location
>>>> ncl 6> model2=addfiles(fnameModel2, "r")
>>>> ncl 7> type="x11"
>>>> ncl 8> Time=model2->time
>>>> fatal:(model2) does not reference a file
>>>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 8
>>>>
>>>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 30
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Gerry
>>>> -
>>>> Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager@tamu.edu
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