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[netCDFJava #RXE-920332]: Grib2NetCDF incorrectly converting time durations



> Hi John,
> 
> Thanks for the response - Is there a list to subscribe to for notification of 
> the 4.3 alpha release?

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> 
> As for the 4-192 parameter - I'm not certain as to precisely you're referring 
> to (my grib2 skills are a still developing), but I think it perhaps should be 
> the ensemble member? 

it is an ensemble member, but we dont know what the parameter is. it looks like 
some kind of solar radience, judging from the values of the data.

> As for a contact person, I've been dealing with Miguel Tremblay 
> <address@hidden> there - not sure if he's the right person or if he can refer 
> you to the correct person.  They don't appear to have any local tables 
> available for download on their website that I can find.

where did this data come from ?

> 
> -Edward
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata netCDF Java Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 10:01 a.m.
> To: Edward Glen
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [netCDFJava #RXE-920332]: Grib2NetCDF incorrectly converting time 
> durations
> 
> Hi Edward:
> 
> 1) This bug is fixed in version 4.3, which will have an alpha release soon.
> 
> 2) Grib2Netcdf is deprecated and uses the 4.2 classes, see this page on 
> writing files:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/Cookbook.html#writeClassic
> 
> 3. We dont have tables for this parameter 0-4-192 from this local table:
> 
> Center        = (54) Montreal (RSMC)
> SubCenter     = (0) null
> Master Table  = 4
> Local Table   = 0
> 
> You may note that version 4.2 assigned an incorrect parameter from NCEP 
> (center 7) tables. Do you have any information on what it should be, or who 
> to contact to get that table?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> John
> 
> > Full Name: Edward Glen
> > Email Address: address@hidden
> > Organization: MetService New Zealand
> > Package Version: toolsUI-4.2
> > Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04
> > Hardware:
> > Description of problem:
> >
> > I used the ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.Grib2Netcdf converter to convert the
> > attached .grib2 file to NetCDF (result also attached).
> >
> > The wgrib2 summary for the grib2 file is:
> >
> > 1:0:d=2010110600:var discipline=0 center=54 local_table=0 parmcat=4
> > parm=192:surface:0-6 hour acc fcst:MM-ENS=10
> >
> > indicating that the duration for the grib record is 0-6 hour.
> >
> > Converted to NetCDF, the time dimension becomes:
> >
> > int time(time) ;
> > time:long_name = "forecast time for (1 hour intervals)" ; time:units =
> > "hour since 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z" ; time:bounds = "time_bounds" ; int
> > time_bounds(time, bounds_dim) ; time_bounds:long_name = "bounds for
> > time" ; time_bounds:units = "hour since 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z" ;
> >
> > time_bounds =
> > 0, 1 ;
> >
> > time = 1 ;
> >
> > Which I read as meaning 0 to 1 hours, not 0 to 6 hours.
> >
> > Am I misunderstanding this or is the converter not correctly taking
> > the size of the duration into account?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Edward
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: RXE-920332
> Department: Support netCDF Java
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: RXE-920332
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open