Hi, I am trying to read a netcdf file and create spatial grid files compatible with a GIS from the various time arrays, but ran into a problem right off with rgdal. The .nc file contains daily air temperatures across North America for a given year.
Using the command: > GDALinfo("air.2m.1979.nc") I get the error: CPL ERROR 4: `air.2m.1979.nc' not recognised as a supported file format. Error in .local(.Object, ...) : `air.2m.1979.nc' not recognised as a supported file format. I am able read the file using the package ncdf, and the utility ncdump, as well as view the data in panoply, so I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrectly. I've also tried using FWTools to view the data and in this program the image is inverted (N-S). Finally I've had a look at the data using GDALInfo installed with FWTools and have pasted the output below, as well as the output from NCDump. It's probably pretty obvious that I'm new to this format, so any help/guidance anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Kevin GDALInfo Output: Driver: netCDF/Network Common Data Format Files: d:\databases\climate\narr\air.2m.1979.nc Size is 512, 512 Coordinate System is `' Metadata: NC_GLOBAL#standardpar1=50 NC_GLOBAL#standardpar2=50 NC_GLOBAL#centerlon=-107 NC_GLOBAL#centerlat=50 NC_GLOBAL#latcorners=1.000001e+000, 8.979450e-001, 4.635440e+001, 4.663433e+001 NC_GLOBAL#loncorners=-1.455000e+002, -6.832005e+001, -2.569891e+000, 1.486418e+002 NC_GLOBAL#stream=s1 NC_GLOBAL#title=Daily NARR NC_GLOBAL#Conventions=CF-1.0 NC_GLOBAL#history=On Thu Feb 9 16:48:19 2006 single precision time renamed oldtime, values transferred to double precision new time variable. created 2005 by Jeff Whitaker NC_GLOBAL#institution=National Centers for Environmental Prediction NC_GLOBAL#platform=Model NC_GLOBAL#references=http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/rreanl/index.html http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.narr.html Subdatasets: SUBDATASET_1_NAME=NETCDF:"d:\databases\climate\narr\air.2m.1979.nc":lat SUBDATASET_1_DESC=[277x349] latitude (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_2_NAME=NETCDF:"d:\databases\climate\narr\air.2m.1979.nc":lon SUBDATASET_2_DESC=[277x349] longitude (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_3_NAME=NETCDF:"d:\databases\climate\narr\air.2m.1979.nc":time _bnds SUBDATASET_3_DESC=[365x2] time_bnds (64-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_4_NAME=NETCDF:"d:\databases\climate\narr\air.2m.1979.nc":air SUBDATASET_4_DESC=[365x277x349] air_temperature (8-bit integer) Corner Coordinates: Upper Left ( 0.0, 0.0) Lower Left ( 0.0, 512.0) Upper Right ( 512.0, 0.0) Lower Right ( 512.0, 512.0) Center ( 256.0, 256.0) NCDump Output: netcdf air.2m.1979 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (365 currently) y = 277 ; x = 349 ; nbnds = 2 ; variables: float lat(y, x) ; lat:long_name = "latitude coordinate" ; lat:units = "degrees_north" ; lat:axis = "Y" ; lat:coordinate_defines = "point" ; lat:standard_name = "latitude" ; float lon(y, x) ; lon:units = "degrees_east" ; lon:long_name = "longitude coordinate" ; lon:axis = "X" ; lon:coordinate_defines = "point" ; lon:standard_name = "longitude" ; float x(x) ; x:long_name = "eastward distance from southwest corner of domain in projection coordinates" ; x:units = "m" ; x:standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate" ; float y(y) ; y:long_name = "northward distance from southwest corner of domain in projection coordinates" ; y:units = "m" ; y:standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate" ; int Lambert_Conformal ; Lambert_Conformal:grid_mapping_name = "lambert_conformal_conic" ; Lambert_Conformal:standard_parallel = 50., 50. ; Lambert_Conformal:longitude_of_central_meridian = -107. ; Lambert_Conformal:latitude_of_projection_origin = 50. ; Lambert_Conformal:false_easting = 5632642.22547 ; Lambert_Conformal:false_northing = 4612545.65137 ; double time(time) ; time:units = "hours since 1800-1-1 00:00:0.0" ; time:long_name = "analysis time" ; time:axis = "T" ; time:standard_name = "time" ; time:coordinate_defines = "start" ; time:delta_t = "0000-00-01 00:00:00" ; time:actual_range = 1569072., 1577808. ; time:avg_period = "0000-00-01 00:00:00" ; double time_bnds(time, nbnds) ; time_bnds:long_name = "Time Boundaries" ; short air(time, y, x) ; air:units = "K" ; air:long_name = "Daily Air Temperature at 2 m" ; air:unpacked_valid_range = 151.f, 400.f ; air:precision = 0.003799786f ; air:actual_range = 219.7989f, 312.3237f ; air:missing_value = 32767s ; air:valid_range = -32765s, 32765s ; air:_FillValue = -32767s ; air:GRIB_name = "TMP" ; air:GRIB_id = 11 ; air:var_desc = "Air temperature" ; air:standard_name = "air_temperature" ; air:level_desc = "2 m" ; air:dataset = "NARR Daily Averages" ; air:statistic = "Mean" ; air:parent_stat = "Individual Obs" ; air:grid_mapping = "Lambert_Conformal" ; air:coordinates = "lat lon" ; air:add_offset = 275.5f ; air:scale_factor = 0.003799786f ; air:cell_methods = "time: mean (of 8 3-hourly values in one day)" ; // global attributes: :standardpar1 = 50. ; :standardpar2 = 50.000001 ; :centerlon = -107. ; :centerlat = 50. ; :latcorners = 1.000001f, 0.897945f, 46.3544f, 46.63433f ; :loncorners = -145.5f, -68.32005f, -2.569891f, 148.6418f ; :stream = "s1" ; :title = "Daily NARR" ; :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ; :history = "On Thu Feb 9 16:48:19 2006 single precision time renamed oldtime,\n", "values transferred to double precision new time variable.\n", "created 2005 by Jeff Whitaker" ; :institution = "National Centers for Environmental Prediction" ; :platform = "Model" ; :references = "http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/rreanl/index.html\n", "http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.narr.html" ; } [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo