On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 6:32 AM, Tom P <werot...@freent.dd> wrote: > I'm having a problem trying to access OpenDAP files using netCDF4. > The netCDF4 is installed from the Anaconda package. According to their > changelog, openDAP is supposed to be supported. > > netCDF4.__version__ > Out[7]: > '1.1.8' > > Here's some code: > > url = ' > http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/v3b/netcdf/ersst.201507.nc' > nc = netCDF4.Dataset(url) > > I get the error - > netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx in netCDF4._netCDF4.Dataset.__init__ > (netCDF4/_netCDF4.c:9551)() > > RuntimeError: NetCDF: file not found > > > However if I download the same file, it works - > url = '/home/tom/Downloads/ersst.201507.nc' > nc = netCDF4.Dataset(url) > print nc > . . . . > > Is it something I'm doing wrong?
Yes. URLs are not files and cannot be opened like normal files. netCDF4 *requires* a local file as far as I can tell. All the best, Jason -- Jason M. Swails BioMaPS, Rutgers University Postdoctoral Researcher
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