[Qgis-user] Using GRIB2 in QGIS

[Brent Fraser]

Ezra,

   QGIS uses GDAL to read GRIB files.  GDAL's GRIB driver will not read 
the files on the site you listed as the g2clib GDAL uses is too old 
(v1.0.4) and does not support the GRIB GDT 3.204 Curvilinear Orthogonal 
Grid  (supported in g2clib v 1.0.5).

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser


On 9/30/2011 10:43 AM, Ezra Boyd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use the Real Time Ocean Forecasting System
> (http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/ofs/download.shtml?) archival data which
> is in the GRIB2 format using a hybrid model-based coordinate system.
> The data can be downloaded from here:
> http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/ncep/rtofs/contents.html
>
> Has anyone had any experience using GRIB2 in QGIS?  If so, please let
> me know how it worked out.  In particular, I need to get forecast data
> into a format where I can overlay a shapefile, but the wqgrib2 program
> won't work because hybrid coordinate system.
>
> Thanks,
> Ezra
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