[gdal-dev] Reading a NetCDF file with python (not recognised as a supported dataset name
Rutger
kassies at gmail.com
Fri Jun 8 05:00:48 PDT 2012
Dear list,
I am trying to open a NetCDF file with the Python bindings. My GDAL 1.9
build (Win32 from Tamas) shows the NetCDF driver when i run "gdalinfo
--formats", so it should be possible.
When using the pre-build command-line utilities all works well. But when i
move to Python i get the message:
/" ... does not exist in the file system, and is not recognised as a
supported dataset name."/
I dont have the slightest clue about what i'm doing wrong.
I have simplified the problem to 3 steps:
1. Use gdal_translate to select a subdataset and output to VRT
2. Read the VRT in Python with gdal.Open()
3. Use gdal_translate to convert the VRT to a Geotiff
Step 1 & 3 work well, but 2 fails. Is there some limitation of the Python
bindings regarding NetCDF? The script runs fine if i replace the NetCDF with
a Geotiff file.
Any help would be appreciated.
An example NetCDF i used can be found at:
ftp://hydro1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/WAOB/LPRM_TMI_DY_SOILM3.001/2012/05/
ftp://hydro1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/WAOB/LPRM_TMI_DY_SOILM3.001/2012/05/
Below is the Python script i have used for exploring the issue:
import os
try:
from osgeo import gdal
except ImportError:
import gdal
netcdffile =
"NETCDF:LPRM-TMI_L3_DY_SOILM3_V001-20120411T144114Z_20120102.nc:soil_moisture_x"
vrtfile = "LPRM-TMI_L3_DY_SOILM3_V001-20120411T144114Z_20120102.vrt"
tiffile = "LPRM-TMI_L3_DY_SOILM3_V001-20120411T144114Z_20120102.tif"
# 1: convert the netcdf to vrt externally (works well)
os.system('gdal_translate -of "VRT" ' + netcdffile + ' ' + vrtfile)
# 2: try to open the vrt in Python (fails at .ReadAsArray)
dsin = gdal.Open(vrtfile)
if not dsin is None:
indata = dsin.ReadAsArray(0, 0, dsin.RasterXSize, dsin.RasterYSize)
# 3: convert the same vrt to a tif externally (works well)
os.system('gdal_translate ' + vrtfile + ' ' + tiffile)
Regards,
Rutger
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