memory allocation error message

Dear all

I use the library(netCDF) to read in NCEP data. The file I want to read has size 113 Mb.
When i try to read it I get the following message:

Error: cannot allocate vector of size 221080 Kb
In addition: Warning message: 
Reached total allocation of 255Mb: see help(memory.size) 

I get a similar message when I try to read a file with 256 Mb in a PC with 2 GigaByte RAM.

Is there something that I can do to handle this problem of reading big netCDF files with R-project.

I look forward for your help.

Prodromos Zanis


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Dr. Prodromos Zanis
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology 
Academy of Athens
3rd September 131, Athens 11251, Greece
Tel. +30 210 8832048
Fax: +30 210 8832048
e-mail: pzanis at geol.uoa.gr
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