[Note that I am running on a windows machine using cygwin, so paths differ] So I did the following, all of which worked. 1. Obtained an account at rda 2. Created a .dodrc containing HTTP.COOKIEJAR=c:/Users/dennis/rda_cookies HTTP.NETRC=c:/Users/dennis/.netrc 3. Created a .netrc file containing machine rda.ucar.edu login address@hidden password XXXXXXX 4. Executed the command ncdump -h 'https://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/aggregations/g/ds083.2/1/TP.grb2' 5. Obtained the following output (elided) netcdf TP { dimensions: altitude_above_msl = 3 ; height_above_ground = 1 ; height_above_ground1 = 1 ; isobaric = 6 ; ... variables: float lat(lat) ; lat:units = "degrees_north" ; lat:_CoordinateAxisType = "Lat" ; float lon(lon) ; lon:units = "degrees_east" ; lon:_CoordinateAxisType = "Lon" ; double time(time) ; time:units = "Hour since 2002-10-29T12:00:00Z" ; time:standard_name = "time" ; time:long_name = "GRIB forecast or observation time" ; time:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ; time:_CoordinateAxisType = "Time" ; ... // global attributes: :Originating_or_generating_Center = "US National Weather Service, National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)" ; ... } =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HAW-868287 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.
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