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Another question, is it possible when importing to indicate a selected list of variables from the ctl file.

Sorry, I can't reproduce this problem. Could you please give us access to your binary file?

Cheers, Uwe

Thanks Uwe,
It is a big file, unless I try to extract one time step and send it to you.

Abdoulaye

Please find attached the file

unfortunately the bz2 tar file is 53Mo.

Hi Uwe,

I attach a file with the same parameters

Abdoulaye

Hi Abdoulaye,

Thanks! The variable description section in the ctl file d1_test.ctl has 112 entries.
And I got also a file with 112 variables if I import this file with CDO import_binary:

cdo -f nc import_binary d1_test.ctl d1_test.nc

   File format: netCDF
    -1 : Institut Source   Name        Time Typ  Grid Size Num  Levels Num
     1 : unknown  unknown  lu_index    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
     2 : unknown  unknown  u           var  F32     13932   1      19   2
     3 : unknown  unknown  v           var  F32     13932   1      19   2
     4 : unknown  unknown  w           var  F32     13932   1      19   2
     5 : unknown  unknown  ph          var  F32     13932   1      19   2
     6 : unknown  unknown  phb         var  F32     13932   1      19   2
     7 : unknown  unknown  t           var  F32     13932   1      19   2
     8 : unknown  unknown  mu          var  F32     13932   1       1   1
     9 : unknown  unknown  mub         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    10 : unknown  unknown  nest_pos    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    11 : unknown  unknown  p           var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    12 : unknown  unknown  pb          var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    13 : unknown  unknown  p_hyd       var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    14 : unknown  unknown  q2          var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    15 : unknown  unknown  t2          var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    16 : unknown  unknown  th2         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    17 : unknown  unknown  psfc        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    18 : unknown  unknown  u10         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    19 : unknown  unknown  v10         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    20 : unknown  unknown  qvapor      var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    21 : unknown  unknown  qcloud      var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    22 : unknown  unknown  qrain       var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    23 : unknown  unknown  landmask    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    24 : unknown  unknown  tslb        var  F32     13932   1       4   3
    25 : unknown  unknown  smois       var  F32     13932   1       4   3
    26 : unknown  unknown  sh2o        var  F32     13932   1       4   3
    27 : unknown  unknown  smcrel      var  F32     13932   1       4   3
    28 : unknown  unknown  seaice      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    29 : unknown  unknown  xicem       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    30 : unknown  unknown  sfroff      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    31 : unknown  unknown  udroff      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    32 : unknown  unknown  ivgtyp      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    33 : unknown  unknown  isltyp      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    34 : unknown  unknown  vegfra      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    35 : unknown  unknown  grdflx      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    36 : unknown  unknown  acgrdflx    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    37 : unknown  unknown  snow        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    38 : unknown  unknown  snowh       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    39 : unknown  unknown  canwat      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    40 : unknown  unknown  sst         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    41 : unknown  unknown  sstsk       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    42 : unknown  unknown  lai         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    43 : unknown  unknown  tke_myj     var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    44 : unknown  unknown  qke         var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    45 : unknown  unknown  mapfac_m    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    46 : unknown  unknown  mapfac_mx   var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    47 : unknown  unknown  mapfac_my   var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    48 : unknown  unknown  mf_vx_inv   var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    49 : unknown  unknown  f           var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    50 : unknown  unknown  e           var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    51 : unknown  unknown  sinalpha    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    52 : unknown  unknown  cosalpha    var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    53 : unknown  unknown  hgt         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    54 : unknown  unknown  tsk         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    55 : unknown  unknown  rainc       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    56 : unknown  unknown  rainnc      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    57 : unknown  unknown  snownc      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    58 : unknown  unknown  graupelnc   var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    59 : unknown  unknown  hailnc      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    60 : unknown  unknown  swdown      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    61 : unknown  unknown  glw         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    62 : unknown  unknown  olr         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    63 : unknown  unknown  xlat        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    64 : unknown  unknown  xlong       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    65 : unknown  unknown  albedo      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    66 : unknown  unknown  albbck      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    67 : unknown  unknown  emiss       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    68 : unknown  unknown  noahres     var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    69 : unknown  unknown  tmn         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    70 : unknown  unknown  xland       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    71 : unknown  unknown  ust         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    72 : unknown  unknown  pblh        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    73 : unknown  unknown  hfx         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    74 : unknown  unknown  qfx         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    75 : unknown  unknown  lh          var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    76 : unknown  unknown  achfx       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    77 : unknown  unknown  aclhf       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    78 : unknown  unknown  snowc       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    79 : unknown  unknown  sr          var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    80 : unknown  unknown  potevp      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    81 : unknown  unknown  snopcx      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    82 : unknown  unknown  soiltb      var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    83 : unknown  unknown  pressure    var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    84 : unknown  unknown  geopt       var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    85 : unknown  unknown  height      var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    86 : unknown  unknown  tk          var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    87 : unknown  unknown  tc          var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    88 : unknown  unknown  theta       var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    89 : unknown  unknown  td          var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    90 : unknown  unknown  td2         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    91 : unknown  unknown  rh          var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    92 : unknown  unknown  clflo       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    93 : unknown  unknown  clfmi       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    94 : unknown  unknown  clfhi       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    95 : unknown  unknown  rh2         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    96 : unknown  unknown  wspd        var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    97 : unknown  unknown  wdir        var  F32     13932   1      19   2
    98 : unknown  unknown  ws10        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
    99 : unknown  unknown  wd10        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   100 : unknown  unknown  umet        var  F32     13932   1      19   2
   101 : unknown  unknown  vmet        var  F32     13932   1      19   2
   102 : unknown  unknown  u10m        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   103 : unknown  unknown  v10m        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   104 : unknown  unknown  slp         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   105 : unknown  unknown  dbz         var  F32     13932   1      19   2
   106 : unknown  unknown  max_dbz     var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   107 : unknown  unknown  cape        var  F32     13932   1      19   2
   108 : unknown  unknown  cin         var  F32     13932   1      19   2
   109 : unknown  unknown  mcape       var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   110 : unknown  unknown  mcin        var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   111 : unknown  unknown  lcl         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   112 : unknown  unknown  lfc         var  F32     13932   1       1   1
   Horizontal grids :
     1 : lonlat       > size      : dim = 13932  nlon = 172  nlat = 81
                        lon       : first = -37.50356  last = 33.02356  inc = 0.412439298  degrees_east
                        lat       : first = -5.345192  last = 26.62833  degrees_north
   Vertical grids :
     1 : generic           level : 1000 
     2 : generic           level : 1000 950 900 850 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 
                                   400 350 300 250 200 150 100 
     3 : generic           level : 1000 950 900 850 
   Time axis :  1 step
     RefTime =  2011-08-18 00:00:00  Units = hours  Calendar = STANDARD
  YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss  YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss  YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss  YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
  2011-08-18 00:00:00
cdo sinfon: Processed 112 variables over 1 timestep. ( 0.00s )

Thanks Uwe,

I think the problem come with structure of vertical grid which has 3 generic level as show in the sinfo file and grads didnot see
a few parameters which are in the netcdf file.
Is it possible with cdo to select only a few parameter with full vertical level as in generic level_2?
Another difference when I use sinfo I have numbers not the name of the parameters as in your sinfo. How to have names?

Abdoulaye

sorry, that was a typo, I used sinfon for the output with parameter names.
You can select all variables on the second vertical axis with "selzaxis,2":

cdo -f nc import_binary d1_test.ctl d1_test.nc
cdo selzaxis,2 d1_test.nc d1_test2.nc

Thanks Uwe,

I was just wondering if it is possible to change the lev_2 attributes to something more common like levels.
I am using it on a program that don't recognize this lev_2 instead of having the parameter written as (time,lev_2,lat,lon) I want it to be (time,levels,lat,lon).

The question is it possible to change lev_2 by levels?

Abdoulaye