Hi Lak:
NetcdfDataset.open() should have worked.
Can you send us the file, and we'll check why its not working.
Valliappa Lakshmanan wrote:
> I know there must be a very simple way to do this, but I can't seem to
> find any example or documentation.
>
> I want to read a Grib2 file using the Java Netcdf API and tried:
>
> File file = new File("/tmp/WRFPRS_GrbF21.grib2"); // a grib2 file
> NetcdfFile ncfile = NetcdfDataset.open(file.getAbsolutePath());
>
> but get an IOException stating: Cant read /tmp/WRFPRS_GrbF21.grib2: not
> a valid NetCDF file.
>
> I tried using ucar.dt.grid.GridDataSet.open() and got the same result.
>
> In case it was a classpath/jar problem, I added toolsUI.jar from netcdf
> 2.2.22 to my classpath (has grib.jar).
> Same result. What am I missing?
>
> thanks
> Lak
>
>
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