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Philip,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
believe (though I can’t find any documentary evidence) that QCL1 is CMOR
(as opposed to being equivalent), but you raise an important point for
clarification: is a file that raises warning with CMOR good enough? I would suggest
that it should be, in order to avoid the conflict you describe below. I.e.
anything short of a critical error passes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Martin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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go-essp-tech-bounces@ucar.edu [mailto:go-essp-tech-bounces@ucar.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bentley, Philip<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 28 June 2010 11:46<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> GO-ESSP; doutriaux1@llnl.gov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Go-essp-tech]
Out-of-bounds data and QC level 1 checks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Hi
folks,</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Many
of the output variables specified in the latest CMIP5 MIP tables now have their
valid min/max and absolute mean min/max values set. At present, if the CMOR
library detects input data values which contravene any of these bounds it logs
a non-critical error message and continues to output the netcdf files
comprising the atomic dataset.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Hypothesis:
We then examine the netcdf output data and, after due consultation with the
relevant science expert(s), decide that the data are in fact valid, or that the
discrepancy from the bounds is so minimal as to be inconsequential, or that the
bounds are overly conservative. Accordingly we submit the atomic dataset to a
CMIP5 data node (for us, BADC).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>My
question then is: Would such an atomic dataset pass ESGF's QC level 1 checks?</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>My
current (albeit hazy!) understanding is that the QCL1 checks are equivalent to
those implemented by CMOR. So any dataset output by the CMOR library
should pass QCL1, right?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>If
this is not the case, then would it be desirable to have CMOR throw instead a
critical error and NOT generate the atomic dataset?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Regards,</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Phil</span></font>
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