[THREDDS #QCX-921252]: Wrong dates reported by thredds 4.3

Rostislav,

I was able to reproduce the failure you saw when asking for NetCDF4 versus 
NetCDF files.  I wasn't sure why that was happening, so I asked the developer 
who worked on the ncss service.  He thought it was probably a bug of some sort, 
so I opened a ticket to address the issue.  I don't know if it is an easy fix 
or not yet, but it is in the queue.  Thank you for bringing this to our 
attention!

https://bugtracking.unidata.ucar.edu/browse/TDS-408

On your second point, I'm not sure what you mean by the small, non-grid 
variable.  When I do an ncdump on the file, I see:

  dimensions:
    lon = 3600;
    lat = 1800;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (1 currently
  variables:
    float lon(lon=3600);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :standard_name = "longitude";

    float lat(lat=1800);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :long_name = "latitude";

    double time(time=1);
      :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
      :calendar = "standard";
      :_ChunkSize = 1; // int

    float emis_PM_FRP(time=1, lat=1800, lon=3600);
      :units = "kg/s";
      :_ChunkSize = 1, 1800, 3600; // int

  // global attributes:
  :CDI = "Climate Data Interface version 1.4.1";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :netcdf_generated = "2013-04-15 09:01 UTC";
  :producer = "Finnish Meteorological Institute";
  :data_produced = "2013-04-13";
  :dataset = "IS4FIRES wildland-fire emission reanalysis";
  :contact = "Mikhail Sofiev: address@hidden";
  :PM2P5_10fraction = 0.25999999046325684; // double
  :PM2P5fraction = 0.7400000095367432; // double
  :quantity = "PM emission rate";
  :CDO = "Climate Data Operators version 1.4.1 (http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/cdo)";

Which is the non-grid variable you mean?

On the third point, I will have to see if there is a way to get the information 
you want served up in fewer steps, but I don't know if it is possible off-hand.

Regards,
  Lansing
> Hello Lansing,
> 
> Thank you for the detailed reply.
> I have set up the service according to your instructions.
> http://silam.fmi.fi/thredds/firesEmission.html
> Few more questions.
> 
> 1. The subsetting of files does not work with nc4 output
> when accessing by file:
> http://silam.fmi.fi/thredds/ncss/grid/fires/files/reanal_v1_3_global_2000.nc4?var=emis_PM_FRP&time_start=2000-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&time_end=2000-01-02T00%3A00%3A00Z&accept=netcdf
>  works, but
> http://silam.fmi.fi/thredds/ncss/grid/fires/files/reanal_v1_3_global_2000.nc4?var=emis_PM_FRP&time_start=2000-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&time_end=2000-01-02T00%3A00%3A00Z&accept=netcdf4
>  (difference in the last argument)
> causes "I/O Exception handled : NetCDF: Invalid argument
> nc_def_var_chunking on variable time"
> Is it a bug or a feature?
> 
> 2. I have a small non-grid variable in my file. It disappears when
> accessing the files via thredds (except for http).
> Can i make thredds to include it  into any netcdf produced
> from the datasets?
> 
> 3. The data are obtained from reanalisys, so they have a single
> time dimension. To get to the metadata page for "Fire emission this year"
> i have to click "Fire emission this year" and then "Best timeseries".
> Is it possible to avoid the second step?
> 
> 
> Thank you once more!
> 
> Best regards,
> Rostislav
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:49:39PM +0300, Unidata THREDDS Support wrote:
> >Hello Rostislav,
> >
> >I downloaded a few days worth of files from your TDS and experimented with 
> >setting up a local TDS to help with your questions.  To answer your first 
> >question, what you are observing is a feature, but I think you are 
> >misinterpreting the data.  With a datasetScan such as you have, the time 
> >reported is the last time the file was modified (i.e., touched on your 
> >server), not the time or date information contained in the file.  To answer 
> >your second question, I believe what you really want to do is to set up a 
> >featureCollection, instead of a datasetScan.  Here is a simple example that 
> >I used locally:
> >
> ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> ><catalog name="THREDDS Server Default Catalog : You must change this to fit 
> >your server!"
> >        
> > xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/thredds/InvCatalog/v1.0";
> >        xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";>
> >
> >  <service name="all" base="" serviceType="compound">
> >    <service name="odap" serviceType="OpenDAP" base="/thredds/dodsC/" />
> >    <service name="http" serviceType="HTTPServer" 
> > base="/thredds/fileServer/" />
> >    <!--service name="wcs" serviceType="WCS" base="/thredds/wcs/" /-->
> >    <service name="wms" serviceType="WMS" base="/thredds/wms/" />
> >    <service name="ncss" serviceType="NetcdfSubset" 
> > base="/thredds/ncss/grid/" />
> >  </service>
> >
> >  <dataset name="Rostislav">
> >    <featureCollection name="Rostislavnc4data" featureType="FMRC" 
> > harvest="true" path="rostislav/fmrc">
> >      <metadata inherited="true">
> >        <serviceName>all</serviceName>
> >        <dataFormat>netCDF</dataFormat>
> >      </metadata>
> >      <collection spec="C:/Users/madry/work/RostislavKouznetsov/.*nc4" />
> >    </featureCollection>
> >  </dataset>
> ></catalog>
> >
> >This sets your data up to be served as a single logical unit via the NetCDF 
> >Subset Service.  After you have changed the names and paths to suit your 
> >system, you will also need to edit the threddsConfig.xml file to turn the 
> >NetcdfSubsetService on.  You do this by uncommenting the relevant block of 
> >xml and setting <allow> to true:
> >
> >  <!--
> >  The Netcdf Subset Service is off by default.
> >  -->
> >  <NetcdfSubsetService>
> >    <allow>true</allow>
> >    <scour>10 min</scour>
> >    <maxAge>-1 min</maxAge>
> >  </NetcdfSubsetService>
> >
> >Let me know if you need any further assistance.
> >
> >Regards,
> >  Lansing Madry
> >  Unidata
> >  Boulder, Colorado
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have put a collection of daily files into thredds, one field per day.
> >> http://silam.fmi.fi/thredds/catalog/fires3/catalog.html
> >>
> >> Unfortunately it reports wrong times for them.  e.g.
> >>
> >> http://silam.fmi.fi/thredds/catalog/fires3/catalog.html?dataset=fires3/reanal_v1_3_global_20130410.nc4
> >>
> >> shows "date 2013-04-15T09:01:19Z (modified)" instead of something like
> >> 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z.
> >>
> >> The dataset is described as:
> >> <datasetScan name="Fires3" path="fires3"
> >> location="/data/thredds/Fires/"  suffix=".nc4">
> >> <serviceName>all</serviceName>
> >> </datasetScan>
> >>
> >> Is it a bug or a feature?
> >>
> >> Can I somehow configure thredds to report these files as a single
> >> dataset?
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Rostislav
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rostislav Kouznetsov
> >>
> >> **************************************
> >> Air quality
> >> Finnish Meteorological Institute
> >> PL-503 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland
> >> Phone: +358 29 539 4630
> >> **************************************
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Ticket Details
> >===================
> >Ticket ID: QCX-921252
> >Department: Support THREDDS
> >Priority: Normal
> >Status: Open
> >
> 
> --
> Rostislav Kouznetsov
> 
> **************************************
> Air quality
> Finnish Meteorological Institute
> PL-503 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland
> Phone: +358 29 539 4630
> **************************************
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: QCX-921252
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open