[R] Error in R_nc4_open

[Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal]

Try replacing http with https.

>  gribfile <- "https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/modeldata/cfsv2_forecast_ts_9mon/2011/201104/20110401/2011040100/tmax.01.2011040100.daily.grb2"
> nc <- nc_open(gribfile)
> str(nc)
List of 14
 $ filename   : chr "https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/modeldata/cfsv2_forecast_ts_9mon/2011/201104/20110401/2011040100/tmax.01.2011040100."| __truncated__
 $ writable   : logi FALSE
 $ id         : int 65536
 $ safemode   : logi FALSE
 $ format     : chr "NC_FORMAT_64BIT"
 $ is_GMT     : logi FALSE
 $ groups     :List of 1
......

-Roy



> On Jan 11, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Debasish Pai Mazumder <pai1981 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> Thanks for your detail response but I am really baffled by this sort of
> response from a help group because I am also a part of a help group
> (NCAR-Command Language).
> 
> Anyway I felt its R/Rstudio issue because my code was working properly
> before..........but since the update it isn't working anymore
> 
> Here is few lines of my code
> 
> library("ncdf4")
> gribfile<-"
> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/modeldata/cfsv2_forecast_ts_9mon/2011/201104/20110401/2011040100/tmax.01.2011040100.daily.grb2
> "
> ## open connection
> nc <- nc_open(gribfile)
> 
> error-Error in R_nc4_open: NetCDF: DAP server error
> 
> I am getting the error message in nc_open.
> 
> Please excuse me if this not R issue. Please let me know which "*R HELP
> GROUP*" I should post this message.
> 
> -Deb
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
> wrote:
> 
>> You will do yourself a favor if you pay attention to which software you
>> are using.  When you use RStudio, the console window is a direct connection
>> to R, which is NOT RStudio... it has a separate installer and a different
>> support group (e.g. this mailing list). All of this means you have failed
>> to tell us anything about the software that actually matters in your
>> question... R, nor the CONTRIBUTED package (meaning NOT part of R or
>> RStudio) containing the function you are having trouble with.
>> 
>> Go read the Posting Guide... carefully... and provide a reproducible
>> example that leads to your error... and post in plain text rather than HTML
>> email so your example doesn't get messed up in transit. The output of
>> sessionInfo() after the error would probably be a good idea also. For good
>> measure you should open R directly rather than through RStudio and confirm
>> the results (if it doesn't happen in R then RStudio may be breaking R
>> (rare, but it has happened) in which case you would have to ask them for
>> help.
>> --
>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>> 
>> On January 11, 2017 12:32:09 PM PST, Debasish Pai Mazumder <
>> pai1981 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I recently updated my Rstudio to the newer version (Version 1.0.136)
>>> and I
>>> started to getting following error when I am trying to read netcdf
>>> files
>>> 
>>> Error in R_nc4_open: NetCDF: DAP server error
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> with regards
>>> -Deb
>>> 
>>>      [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>> 
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>> 
> 
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> 
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