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Can I get a copy of the files from December 4th? If that is too large, I can work with the gbx9 and ncx3 files. Thanks! Sean On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <address@hidden> wrote: > The latest time range is correct based on the files in the directory. The > files are in sub directories like 201712, so given that the xml defines "as > directory" it is doing that and is finding the correct times, if that helps > at all. > > -Roy > >> On Dec 6, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Sean Arms <address@hidden> wrote: >> >> Hi Roy, >> >> This might take a bit. If we look at the time range on the "Best" >> collection, we get: >> >> Start: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z >> End: 2017-12-09T06:00:00Z >> >> However, if we look at the time range on the "latest" (201712), we get: >> >> Start: 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z >> End: 2017-12-04T18:00:00Z >> >> It's not clear where anything after 2017-12-04T18:00:00Z is coming >> from, but I think I have a way of tracking it down if it isn't a bug >> (again, it will just take a bit of time). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Sean >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal >> <address@hidden> wrote: >>> Okay the TwoD datasets are showing. I still see the same issue with the >>> last time. Can easily send you sample data if that would help. >>> >>> -ROy >>> >>>> On Dec 6, 2017, at 11:38 AM, Sean Arms <address@hidden> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hmmm. Can you try removing the ncx files to force the TDM to regenerate >>>> them? Both the TDS and TDM will need to be restarted. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 12:17 PM Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal >>>> <address@hidden> wrote: >>>> Adding that appears to have sent that dataset into never-neverland. Now I >>>> get no response. DOn't see an error in the log file either. >>>> >>>> -Roy >>>> >>>>> On Dec 6, 2017, at 10:53 AM, Sean Arms <address@hidden> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Greetings Roy, >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for the delay - I've been in a teleconference all morning. >>>>> >>>>> So the TDS may be picking up on the fact that some of those records >>>>> are encoded as forecasts. That's possible, and I'll keep that in mind . >>>>> >>>>> The xml snippet should look like this (change made to first line to add >>>>> TwoD): >>>>> >>>>> <gribConfig datasetTypes="TwoD Best LatestFile"> >>>>> <pdsHash> >>>>> <useTableVersion>false</useTableVersion> >>>>> </pdsHash> >>>>> </gribConfig> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Sean >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal >>>>> <address@hidden> wrote: >>>>>> BTW - I should add that the 1-degree data is a special run that they do >>>>>> for us, and the way I understand it in their processing terms the 00 >>>>>> and 12 files are considered real-time, while the 06 and 18 files are >>>>>> considered "forecasts". They have different filenames because of that, >>>>>> for example: >>>>>> >>>>>> US058GMET-GR1mdl.0018_0240_00000F0RL2017120400_0102_000000-000000pres >>>>>> US058GMET-GR1mdl.0018_0240_00000F0OF2017120418_0102_000000-000000pres >>>>>> >>>>>> That is why in the regex for the time I have to skip two spaces. In >>>>>> case this info helps any: >>>>>> >>>>>> wgrib -V >>>>>> US058GMET-GR1mdl.0018_0240_00000F0RL2017120400_0102_000000-000000pres >>>>>> rec 1:21:date 2017120400 PRMSL kpds5=2 kpds6=102 kpds7=0 levels=(0,0) >>>>>> grid=240 MSL anl: >>>>>> PRMSL=Pressure reduced to MSL [Pa] >>>>>> timerange 0 P1 0 P2 0 TimeU 1 nx 360 ny 181 GDS grid 0 num_in_ave 0 >>>>>> missing 0 >>>>>> center 58 subcenter 0 process 18 Table 2 scan: WE:SN winds(N/S) >>>>>> latlon: lat -90.000000 to 90.000000 by 1.000000 nxny 65160 >>>>>> long 0.000000 to -1.000000 by 1.000000, (360 x 181) scan 64 mode >>>>>> 128 bdsgrid 1 >>>>>> min/max data 95236 104736 num bits 10 BDS_Ref 9523.6 DecScale -1 >>>>>> BinScale 0 >>>>>> >>>>>> wgrib -V >>>>>> US058GMET-GR1mdl.0018_0240_00000F0OF2017120418_0102_000000-000000pres >>>>>> rec 1:0:date 2017120418 PRMSL kpds5=2 kpds6=102 kpds7=0 levels=(0,0) >>>>>> grid=240 MSL anl: >>>>>> PRMSL=Pressure reduced to MSL [Pa] >>>>>> timerange 0 P1 0 P2 0 TimeU 1 nx 360 ny 181 GDS grid 0 num_in_ave 0 >>>>>> missing 0 >>>>>> center 58 subcenter 0 process 18 Table 3 scan: WE:SN winds(N/S) >>>>>> latlon: lat -90.000000 to 90.000000 by 1.000000 nxny 65160 >>>>>> long 0.000000 to -1.000000 by 1.000000, (360 x 181) scan 64 mode >>>>>> 128 bdsgrid 1 >>>>>> min/max data 94770 104260 num bits 10 BDS_Ref 9477 DecScale -1 >>>>>> BinScale 0 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> BTW - Note the different table, which is why I have include in the xml >>>>>> the stuff about: >>>>>> >>>>>> <pdsHash> >>>>>> <useTableVersion>false</useTableVersion> >>>>>> </pdsHash> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> -Roy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 6, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Sean Arms <address@hidden> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For the second question regarding "full" vs "best", this has to do with >>>>>>> how the overall collection is aggregated. For the half-degree NAVGEM, >>>>>>> you have monthly collections of grids, but none of the forecasts >>>>>>> overlap. Therefore, the overall collection aggregation exposes all of >>>>>>> the grids. For the one degree, it looks like the TDS thinks there was >>>>>>> an overlap in the grids (i.e. two grids with the same valid time), and >>>>>>> so one of the overlapped grids was "better" (i.e. closer to a runtime) >>>>>>> and the other was dropped to make a "best" collection. However, I don't >>>>>>> see that happening in any of the monthly collections listed, so it is >>>>>>> probably a bug. In the xml for these two collections, can you add >>>>>>> "TwoD" to the datasetTypes attribute of the gribConfig element? That >>>>>>> will give us a bit more information. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ********************** >>>>>> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. >>>>>> Government or NOAA." >>>>>> ********************** >>>>>> Roy Mendelssohn >>>>>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst >>>>>> NOAA/NMFS >>>>>> Environmental Research Division >>>>>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center >>>>>> ***Note new street address*** >>>>>> 110 McAllister Way >>>>>> Santa Cruz, CA 95060 >>>>>> Phone: (831)-420-3666 >>>>>> Fax: (831) 420-3980 >>>>>> e-mail: address@hidden www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ >>>>>> >>>>>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." >>>>>> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" >>>>>> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" >>>>>> -MLK Jr. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> ********************** >>>> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. >>>> Government or NOAA." >>>> ********************** >>>> Roy Mendelssohn >>>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst >>>> NOAA/NMFS >>>> Environmental Research Division >>>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center >>>> ***Note new street address*** >>>> 110 McAllister Way >>>> Santa Cruz, CA 95060 >>>> Phone: (831)-420-3666 >>>> Fax: (831) 420-3980 >>>> e-mail: address@hidden www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ >>>> >>>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." >>>> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" >>>> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK >>>> Jr. >>>> >>> >>> ********************** >>> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. >>> Government or NOAA." >>> ********************** >>> Roy Mendelssohn >>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst >>> NOAA/NMFS >>> Environmental Research Division >>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center >>> ***Note new street address*** >>> 110 McAllister Way >>> Santa Cruz, CA 95060 >>> Phone: (831)-420-3666 >>> Fax: (831) 420-3980 >>> e-mail: address@hidden www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ >>> >>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." >>> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" >>> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK >>> Jr. >>> > > ********************** > "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. > Government or NOAA." > ********************** > Roy Mendelssohn > Supervisory Operations Research Analyst > NOAA/NMFS > Environmental Research Division > Southwest Fisheries Science Center > ***Note new street address*** > 110 McAllister Way > Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > Phone: (831)-420-3666 > Fax: (831) 420-3980 > e-mail: address@hidden www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ > > "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." > "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" > "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr. >