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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi List,<br>
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      The question was originally mine. Thanks to Paul for posting it.<br>
      Here's what I did (calling GDAL tools from VB.NET):<br>
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        <li>Warping the NetCDF-file to match my desired co-ordinate
          system and crop the image.<br>
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          outputFile = OutputDir & "\" & Str(OrderNum).Trim
          & "_NSL_" & Str(i).Trim & ".nc"<br>
          myArgs = " -of NetCDF -dstnodata -999 -te " & Xmin & "
          " & Ymin & " " & Xmax & " " & Ymax &
          "  -tr 1000 1000 -s_srs " & Chr(34) & "+proj=stere
          +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +lat_0=90 +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=60 +a=6378.388
          +b=6356.906" & Chr(34) & " -t_srs " & Chr(34)
          & "EPSG:28992" & Chr(34) & " " & myPath &
          " " & outputFile<br>
          ProcessCollection.Add(Process.Start(GDALToolsDir &
          "\bin\gdalwarp.exe", myArgs))<br>
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        <li>Translating the 24 bands to .ASC<br>
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          outputFile = myPath.Replace(".nc", ".asc")<br>
          myArgs = "-of AAIGrid -sds " & myPath & " " &
          outputFile  'exports all 24 subdatasets<br>
          ProcessCollection.Add(Process.Start(GDALToolsDir &
          "\bin\gdal_translate.exe", myArgs))<br>
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      Now this results in 24 ASC rasters: outputFile.asc1,
      outputFile.asc2, outputFile.asc3 etc. through outputFile.asc24.<br>
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      By itself this is absolutely great because it gives me access to
      each band. <br>
      My question however is still: how can I (1.) aggregate the values
      for all 24 bands into one band and (2.) write it to an  .ASC<br>
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      Thanks,<br>
      Siebe<br>
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      On 14-06-13 08:04, Paul Meems wrote:<br>
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                <div>Hi Even,<br>
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                I've just tried and I get this result:<br>
                Warning 1: dimension #2 (x) is not a Longitude/X
                dimension.<br>
                Warning 1: dimension #1 (y) is not a Latitude/Y
                dimension.<br>
                Input file size is 257, 329<br>
                ERROR 6: AAIG driver doesn't support 24 bands.  Must be
                1 band.<br>
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              So you are right, it doesn't work.<br>
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            I don't need an ASCII grid, a different format is also OK.
            But I do need all bands combined/aggregated.<br>
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          Do you have a different suggestion?<br>
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        Or should I read (using Python or similar) each band/pixel and
        manual aggregate them?<br>
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              <div class="gmail_quote">2013/6/13 Even Rouault <span
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                  Le jeudi 13 juin 2013 15:54:42, Etienne Tourigny a
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                  <div class="im">> that should be a simple as<br>
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                    > gdal_translate -of AAIGrid <a
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                      target="_blank">in.nc</a> out.asc<br>
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                  Except that AAIGrid only supports 1-band datasets. I
                  can't think of a ASCII<br>
                  based format that supports multi-band datasets.<br>
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                      > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Paul Meems
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                      > > Hi list,<br>
                      > ><br>
                      > > I have a netCDF file with 24 bands.<br>
                      > > I want to create a new (ASCII) grid with
                      the bands aggregated.<br>
                      > > Is this possible using the gdal tools or
                      with an existing python script?<br>
                      > ><br>
                      > > Thanks,<br>
                      > ><br>
                      > > Paul<br>
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