Re: [ferret_users] [Ferret_Users] Dimensions improperly specified

[jimmyc@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi-
You can use t, just use quotation marks around the variable to 
distinguish it from the time axis:
eg. t should be 'T'
jimmyc



On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, Stephen R. Guimond 
wrote:

> Hello,
> Don't use "t" as one of your variable names.  Ferret confuses this with the 
> time axis.  Others variable names to avoid:  "i" or "x", "j" or "y", "k" or 
> "z", "l" or "t".  From the documentation on abstract expressions:
>
> "An expression which contains no dependencies on any disk-resident data is 
> referred to as "abstract". For example, SIN(x), where x is a pseudo-variable."
>
> Steve Quoting Jian Ma <jianma@hawaii.edu>:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Have you ever encountered this case? I am using ferret for MAC now.
> >
> > I have the axis right, but dimension wrong. BTW, what is ABSTRACT axis?
> >
> >      currently SET data sets:
> >     1> ./all.nc  (default)
> > name     title                             I         J          K         L
> > T                                         1:27      1:1        1:44      ...
> > S                                         1:27      1:1        1:44      ...
> > ARGOLAT                                    1:27      ...       ...       ...
> > ARGOTIME                                   1:27      ...       ...       ...
> > IOKELAT                                    1:27      ...       ...       ...
> > IOKETIME                                   1:27      ...       ...       ...
> >
> > yes? sh grid t
> >
> >     GRID TABSTRACT
> > name       axis              # pts   start                end
> > normal    X
> > normal    Y
> > normal    Z
> > ABSTRACT  T              9999999 r   1                    10000000
> >
> > yes? plot/i=20 t
> >
> > **ERROR: dimensions improperly specified: 9999999 words were requested.
> > *** NOTE: Check for unspecified limits on an ABSTRACT axis
> > *** NOTE: Use the SHOW GRID command to see the axes
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > **********************************
> > Jian Ma
> >
> > Ph.D. student
> > Department of Meteorology
> > University of Hawaii at Manoa
> > **********************************
>
>
> =======================================================
> Stephen R. Guimond
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
> Tallahassee, FL 32304
> =======================================================
>
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