Cynthia, It seems that the files you send us are not CF compliant. The problem is that the Time dimension does not have a unit.
Here are some quotes from the CF Conventions document: - The use of coordinate variables is required for all dimensions that correspond to one dimensional space or time coordinates. - Variables representing time must always explicitly include the units attribute; there is no default value So, to fix one of your files, I did: 1. ncdump ARAD4_test2.ncdf > ARAD4_test2_CF.txt 2. I added a new variable Time with the unit specified to the txt file. float Time(Time) ; Time:units = "minutes since 2016-07-29 12:00:00" ; 3. I generated a new nc file: ncgen ARAD4_test2_CF.txt -o ARAD4_test2_CF.nc This new file is read correctly by ParaView. Best, Dan On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Aashish Chaudhary < aashish.chaudh...@kitware.com> wrote: > Dear Cynthia, > > Is there any chance that you can send me a sample dataset? > > - Aashish > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:15 PM Hart, Cynthia Joyce - (cyndyb) < > cyn...@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > >> Folks – >> >> >> >> I am struggling with using the netCDF reader, with a bunch of timeseries >> of WRF data output (weather prediction modeling). I am a visualizer, NOT a >> meteorologist, and so, my full understanding of the model’s output is shaky >> at best. The researcher I am trying to assist is currently on vacation, >> and I’m trying to animate the output of his WRF model. >> >> >> >> So! I have been viewing some of the output using the built in reader in >> Paraview (the ‘generic and cf’ reader) and it works for some variables, not >> for others. I am using NCO tools to extract some of the variables of >> interest into their own CDF file, to try and isolate the problem Paraview >> has, reading some variables.. but that doesn’t help. I am particularly >> trying to read a variable for radar data, “REFL_10CM”. Here is the >> relevant bit of the file header from ncdump, below: >> >> >> >> netcdf ARAD4_test2 { >> >> dimensions: >> >> Time = UNLIMITED ; // (1 currently) >> >> south_north = 393 ; >> >> west_east = 639 ; >> >> bottom_top = 37 ; >> >> variables: >> >> float REFD_MAX(Time, south_north, west_east) ; >> >> REFD_MAX:FieldType = 104 ; >> >> REFD_MAX:MemoryOrder = "XY " ; >> >> REFD_MAX:description = "MAX DERIVED >> RADAR REFL" ; >> >> REFD_MAX:units = "dbZ" ; >> >> REFD_MAX:stagger = "" ; >> >> REFD_MAX:coordinates = "XLONG XLAT >> XTIME" ; >> >> float REFL_10CM(Time, bottom_top, south_north, west_east) >> ; >> >> REFL_10CM:FieldType = 104 ; >> >> REFL_10CM:MemoryOrder = "XYZ" ; >> >> REFL_10CM:description = "Radar >> reflectivity (lamda = 10 cm)" ; >> >> REFL_10CM:units = "dBZ" ; >> >> REFL_10CM:stagger = "" ; >> >> REFL_10CM:coordinates = "XLONG XLAT >> XTIME" ; >> >> float XLAT(Time, south_north, west_east) ; >> >> XLAT:FieldType = 104 ; >> >> XLAT:MemoryOrder = "XY " ; >> >> XLAT:description = "LATITUDE, SOUTH IS >> NEGATIVE" ; >> >> XLAT:units = "degree_north" ; >> >> XLAT:stagger = "" ; >> >> XLAT:coordinates = "XLONG XLAT" ; >> >> float XLONG(Time, south_north, west_east) ; >> >> XLONG:FieldType = 104 ; >> >> XLONG:MemoryOrder = "XY " ; >> >> XLONG:description = "LONGITUDE, WEST IS >> NEGATIVE" ; >> >> XLONG:units = "degree_east" ; >> >> XLONG:stagger = "" ; >> >> XLONG:coordinates = "XLONG XLAT" ; >> >> float XTIME(Time) ; >> >> XTIME:FieldType = 104 ; >> >> XTIME:MemoryOrder = "0 " ; >> >> XTIME:description = "minutes since >> 2016-07-29 12:00:00" ; >> >> XTIME:units = "minutes since 2016-07-29 >> 12:00:00" ; >> >> XTIME:stagger = "" ; >> >> >> >> Paraview complains that it cannot read a variable with more than three >> dimensions without time. But there appears to ‘be’ time (I’m very unclear >> what “UNLIMITED” time , as seen in the header, refers to in this context). >> Is there any way I can work around this? Most frustrating. I can >> actually read this variable into QGIS, but I’d rather use the strengths of >> Paraview to visualize this data. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ >> opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ > opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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