if you put this in a browser http://biloxi-bay.ssc.hpc.msstate.edu/dods-bin/dapnav_main.py/NCOM/region1/ncom_glb_reg1_2007100500.nc.dds you get <h1>NOAA OPeNDAP server Biloxi-Bay</h1> <p>The path /NCOM/region1/ncom_glb_reg1_2007100500.nc.dds does not exist!</p> which is technically an illegal return from a dods server. (granted our error detection is poor) please report this to the server developer, and/or the dods-tech list Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NYD-231379 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed