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--- fimex:faq [2012-02-15 09:29:11]
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 ====== Frequently Asked Questions ======
-===== How to solve problems with a short variable? =====
+Please see the wiki on [[https://github.com/metno/fimex/wiki/FAQ|github]].
-I have problems with a felt-file with a variable of type 'short'. fimex abborts with<code>change in scaling-factor for parameter: 31,2,1000 consider using float or double datatpye</code> What should I do?
-  - While the netcdf-format allows for only 1 scaling-factor per variable, the felt-format can have a scaling-factor per 2d-slice per variable (that are level*time scaling-factors). You should change the //type// of the variable and its //_FillValue// attribute from //short// to //float// in the file felt2nc_variables.xml.
-  - If you want to save disk-space, and you know that all data of the variable can be subscribed sufficently with a packed short data-array, use the cdmWriterConfig.xml as follows: <code>
-<variable name="31,2,1000" newname="air_temperature" type="short">
-  <attribute name="_FillValue" value="-32767" type="short" />
-  <attribute name="scale_factor" value="0.01" type="float" />
-  <attribute name="add_offset" value="273" type="double" />
-</variable>
-</code> In this example, the temperature will be described with an accuracy of 0.01ºC and a range of -327.66ºC (I know thats below 0K) to 327.66ºC
-===== How to use fimex as opendap-client? =====
-==== Install netcdf with integrated dap-support ====
-=== Prerequisites ===
-  * netcdf4 (4.1.1) from unidata
-  * curl library: ''sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev'' (on ubuntu hardy)
-  * make sure to remove the libnetcdf4-dev package (on ubuntu hardy): ''apt-get remove libnetcdf4-dev''
-=== Build ===
-Configuring, without HDF-file support (can be added if desired). Important: include dap-support via curl; build shared libraries (libtool autodetect dependencies)
-<code>
-./configure --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf4.1.1 --enable-dap --with-curl-config=/usr/bin/curl-config --enable-shared --disable-static
-make -k # there might be errors building the man-pages depending on tex-installation
-make check
-make -k install
-</code>
-==== Fimex and OpENDAP ====
-=== Build ===
-<code>
-./configure --with-netcdf=/usr/local/netcdf4.1.1
-</code>
-=== Running an extraction from opendap ===
-<code>
-fimex --input.file=http://thredds.met.no/thredds/dodsC/topaz/dataset-topaz3-arc-myocean-be \
-      --input.type=netcdf \
-      --output.type=netcdf \
-      --output.file=test.nc \
-\
-      --extract.selectVariables=time \
-      --extract.selectVariables=x \
-      --extract.selectVariables=y \
-      --extract.selectVariables=depth \
-      --extract.selectVariables=longitude \
-      --extract.selectVariables=latitude \
-      --extract.selectVariables=temperature \
-\
-      --extract.reduceTime.start=2010-10-05 \
-      --extract.reduceTime.end=2010-10-07 \
-\
-      --extract.reduceToBoundingBox.south 55.0 \
-      --extract.reduceToBoundingBox.north 80.0 \
-      --extract.reduceToBoundingBox.east 20.0 \
-      --extract.reduceToBoundingBox.west -5.0
-</code>
-===== Why takes linking with ''g++ -g''  ages? =====
-This happens with older versions of gcc, seen with 3.3 on debian sarge.
-Use ''-gstabs'' or ''-ggdb'' instead of ''-g''. For debugging, this is better suited to c++ code and works with the GNU utils and most other debugger, too. (But unfortunately  not with /valgrind/.