Re: error reading WRF grib2 files

Dave, I could fix these with your suggestions.

Thanks a lot!

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:24 PM, David Brown <dbrown@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Fernando,
> First of all, note these are just warnings. They do not impact the data,
> only the attributes describing it.
>
> Our centers table is a bit out-of-date and entry 250 has not been added
> yet.
> This entry should read "COnsortium for Small scale MOdelling (COSMO)".
> You could fix this yourself if you have write access to
> /opt/ncl_ncarg/lib/ncarg/grib2_codetables/centers.table.
> Just add the line
> 250:250:COnsortium for Small scale MOdelling (COSMO)
> near the end of the file just before
> 254:254:EUMETSAT Operation Centre
>
> If you don't have write access you can copy the whole
> /opt/ncl_ncarg/lib/ncarg/grib2_codetables/ directory tree to a location of
> your choosing and point to it using the environment variable
> NIO_GRIB2_CODETABLES.
>
> As far as the other message is concerned, neither NCEP nor ECMWF currently
> defines a parameter 221 in 4.2.0.192.table (ECMWF does not even have this
> table yet). I can tell you that this table as a whole contains parameters
> that
> belong to the discipline "Meteorological products" and the category
> "Covariance". Note, however, that parameters in the range 192-254 are,
> according to the GRIB2 documentation, "reserved for local use". That would
> mean someone at a COSMO site has a definition for this parameter. If this
> is documented anywhere, I don't know where that is. If you have any contact
> with the originator of your GRIB data, perhaps you can find out. If you do
> find a table listing their local parameters we could possibly see about
> incorporating it in our tables. By the way, this variable is in your file
> with the name: VAR_0_192_221_P0_L1_GME0.
>
> -dave
>
>
>
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Luis Fernando Montana Roa <
> lfmontanar@unal.edu.co> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > When I try to plot the WRF output files in GRIB2 format, I get the
> following error:
> >
> > Copyright (C) 1995-2013 - All Rights Reserved
> > University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
> > NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.2
> > The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
> > See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
> > warning: Entry (250) not found in code table file
> /opt/ncl_ncarg/lib/ncarg/grib2_codetables/centers.table
> > warning: Entry (221) not found in code table file
> /opt/ncl_ncarg/lib/ncarg/grib2_codetables/ncep/4/4.2.0.192.table
> >
> >
> > The output of ncl_filedump is attached.
> >
> > ¿Where I can find the updated codetables with these tickets?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > -- Fernando
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-- 
Fernando Montana
Bogota D.C. - Colombia
South America

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