Hi Dan:
Can you try changing the coordinate axis type to double and see what happens:
       <variable name="time" type="double" >
          <attribute name="_CoordinateAxisType" value="Time" />
          <attribute name="units" value="hours since 1970-01-01 00:00:00" />
       </variable>
thanks
Daniel Holloway wrote:
John,
    I'm not sure if the problem is in the TDS but thought you'd like to 
know.  All the clients I've tried seem to indicate that the float32 
values are of less precision than the originating XML indicates but I'm 
still double-checking our code.  I'm attaching the catalog.xml for this 
particular dataset to this message in case you'd like to see that.  The 
problem is potentially that the TDS is not maintaining the precision of 
'Join-new' coordinate values.
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*From: * Daniel Holloway <d.holloway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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*Date: * July 14, 2006 11:13:02 AM EDT
*To: * Steve Hankin <Steven.C.Hankin@xxxxxxxx 
<mailto:Steven.C.Hankin@xxxxxxxx>>
*Cc: * Ansley Manke <Ansley.B.Manke@xxxxxxxx 
<mailto:Ansley.B.Manke@xxxxxxxx>>, Jing Y Li <Jing.Y.Li@xxxxxxxx 
<mailto:Jing.Y.Li@xxxxxxxx>>
*Subject: * *Re: Pathfinder AVHRR aggregation -- monotonic time axis*
On Jul 13, 2006, at 7:11 PM, Steve Hankin wrote:
Hi Dan,
It turns out that the time axis has a repeated value in it   Look at 
the coordinates with the OPeNDAP HTML (browser) interface I get
4760:1:4770
    Dataset { Float32 time[time = 11]; }
    Pathfinder/NorthwestAtlantic/nwAtlantic1KmRaw.nc;
    --------------------------------------------- time[11] 173694.38,
    173696.11, 173705.8, *173707.5, 173707.5*, 173718.22, 173719.92,
    173729.62, 173731.33, 173742.05, 173743.75
Is this a valid repeating of time points that we should learn to deal 
with in our software?  Or a probelm in the aggregation?  (There may 
be other repeated values.  Ferret only reports the first one.)
Steve,
   I've looked at the actual THREDDS xml describing the aggregation, 
here are the values of the 'time' coordinate around that point:
-------------
   173705.801944444    http:..../i89198174807.hdf
   173707.495555556    http:..../i89298192944.hdf
   173707.503333333    http:..../i89298193012.hdf
   173718.215  http:.../i89299061254.hdf
------------
   So, the aggregations have a greater resolution than you're 
showing.  The problem is either in the server truncating these values 
or on the client side.  I'll double-check the server and get back to you.
   Dan
    - steve
(sorry for the trouble ...)
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*From: * Jing Yang Li <Jing.Y.Li@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Jing.Y.Li@xxxxxxxx>>
*Date: * July 13, 2006 5:02:24 PM EDT
*To: * Steve Hankin <Steven.C.Hankin@xxxxxxxx 
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*Cc: * Daniel Holloway <d.holloway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:d.holloway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>, Dan Holloway 
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*Subject: * *Re: Pathfinder AVHRR aggregation -- monotonic time axis*
The correct URL is 
http://dods.gso.uri.edu:8080/thredds/Pathfinder/NorthwestAtlantic.html.
Jing
Steve Hankin wrote:
Hi Dan,
At a new URL now, maybe?
At http://dods.gso.uri.edu:8080/thredds I click on "Northwest 
Atlantic/ <Pathfinder/NorthwestAtlantic.html>" and get
      HTTP Status 404 - /Pathfinder/NorthwestAtlantic.html
    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    *type* Status report
    *message* _/Pathfinder/NorthwestAtlantic.html_
    *description* _The requested resource
    (/Pathfinder/NorthwestAtlantic.html) is not available._
    
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          Apache Tomcat/5.0.28
Theories?
    - steve
========================================================
Daniel Holloway wrote:
Hi Guys,
   I have the server running the aggregation back online.
   Dan
On Jun 27, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Steve Hankin wrote:
Hi Dan,
The AVHRR aggregation server isn't responding.  Any insights?
   - steve
======================================================
Dan Holloway wrote:
Hi Guys,
  I've installed an updated TDS revision at http:// 
dods.gso.uri.edu:8080/thredds that should resolve several 
problems  we had.   It resolves the problem using strides in an 
array subset  operation, and it now allows me to add attributes.  
I've added  several to 'lat', 'lon', and 'time', if these 
attributes are  incorrect or you'd like something different 
please let me know.
  Also, please let me know if there are any remaining problems  
with the 'time' dimension.  I fixed a problem with it that 
showed  up as a non-monotonic axis dimension but there could be 
other  problems remaining.
   Thanks,
         Dan
   p.s.  I only have the Northwest Atlantic aggregations  
configured, I can work on the Northwest/east Pacific 
aggregations  as well.
Jing Yang Li wrote:
Dan Holloway wrote:
Hi Jonathan, Jing,
    I recently installed an updated version of the TDS, that 
was  supposed to resolve the stride bug unfortunately it's 
failing at  the moment.  This is just a heads up that the 
aggregation server  at URI might return errors or be 
unavailable over the next few  days as we work thru these 
problems.   We have to get the stride  problem fixed, as well 
as the update that will allow me to add  COARDS-like attributes 
to the variables in the aggregation.   I  will send another 
message once the server has been fixed and is  available for 
you to work with.   I mentioned in a previous  message that I 
believe I resolved the non-monotonic axis issue.
    Thanks,
            Dan
Jonathan Callahan wrote:
Dan,
It turns out there are more problems with the time axis in 
the  AVHRR aggregation.  The time axis you are generating is 
not  monotonic -- there are several places where it jumps around.
I've attached an image that plots a portion of the time aixs. 
  The bottom axis is the time index.
REASON time axis prlblem
Ferret, along with most other packages, needs a monotonic 
time  axis.
I can identify specific indexes or times where the jumps are  
occurring if that would be helpful but there may be issues 
with  repeat values, etc.  Let me know what information I can 
provide  to help you figure out this problem.
-- Jon
Hi Dan,
I tried your new data. Yes, the  monotonic problem for time 
axis  was gone.
The time axis also passed our Java code without throwing out  
exceptions,
although there is still a warning like:
*** NOTE: Coordinates out of order or missing on axis time at  
subscript 4766.
Thanks.
Jing
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