[GRASS-user] TRMM (3B43) handling

[Markus Neteler]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 4:01 PM, nikos <vesnikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey list,
>
>
> I'm battling to import the 43b3 Product (TRMM perspiration + other

(http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/documentation/TRMM_README/TRMM_3B42_readme.shtml)

> sources)  for more than 5 hours into grass without any success.
>
> gdalinfo doesnt list any list any subsets :(

Does
gdalinfo --formats
list the HDF driver?

For
 ftp://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmmdata/ByDate/V06/2006/10/01/3B43.061001.6.HDF.gz
I get this:

gdalinfo 3B43.061001.6.HDF
Driver: HDF4/Hierarchical Data Format Release 4
Files: 3B43.061001.6.HDF
Size is 512, 512
Coordinate System is `'
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (    0.0,    0.0)
Lower Left  (    0.0,  512.0)
Upper Right (  512.0,    0.0)
Lower Right (  512.0,  512.0)
Center      (  256.0,  256.0)

gdalwarp 3B43.061001.6.HDF test.tif
Input file 3B43.061001.6.HDF has no raster bands.

This indicates that GDAL 1.7 does not support this HDF subformat of TRMM.

I see right now this:
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/3597

Apparently fixed in GDAL 1.8? Can you update and report here?

Markus