[McIDAS #JGN-249914]: IMGMAKE

Hi Mike,

re:
> I was able to confirm something today and thought you'd want to know.
> 
> When GOES-16 is in 5-minute full disk mode (abi_mode=4), the end result
> from goes_restitch.py are files with ECONUS in the name, as opposed to
> CONUS.

OK, I thought that Ryan had/was going to fix this.  I know I talked to
him about the previous situation where his ldm-alchemy python script
would put things in a TCONUS directory.  Putting files in a ECONUS
directory is likely a result of the same sort of oversight.

re:
> We discussed this some time ago and what I did was to run the
> DSSERVE command with ".../GOES16/*CONUS/Channel..." in the DIRFILE and
> capture both under the "CONUS..." descriptor.  While that will capture
> either scenario, what I confirmed today is that if any ECONUS data exists
> for a data set, it will always be considered most recent even if newer
> CONUS data also exists.  So, say I have data for CONUS and slightly older
> data for ECONUS, and do an IMGDISP NPGOESRL/CONUSC02 given the above setup
> with that data set.  Even though CONUS data may be newer, the older ECONUS
> data gets displayed.  I'm guessing that because E comes before C, that's
> just how it gets sorted.

It is definitely a sorting issue.  Looks like I have to add more code to
do internal sorting of the list of files to be examined... sigh.

re:
> What I ended up doing was to remove the wild card from the DSSERVE DIRFILE
> line and to make CONUS and ECONUS separate.  Because of how I'm scripting
> everything anyways, I'll already know which one I want to look at, and this
> seems to prevent a problem with perpetually displaying old data until
> everything from ECONUS gets cycled out.  But I'm not sure this is ideal,
> say you're using the GUI and you don't know offhand which is most recent?
> At any rate, wanted to bring this to your attention.

Thanks for the sleuthing!

re:
> Also while I'm here, Evan was wondering if there had been any update
> pertaining to the email he sent Unidata prior to the holidays?

We discussed Evan's email internally.  I just have not found the time
to reply to it properly.  Please let Evan know that it is on my list
of things to do.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket ID: JGN-249914
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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