<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Dear All,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">I have a GrADS script that creates descriptor files for CMIP5 data, and it has uncovered some gaps in the date strings of files that belong to an atomic data set. I have checked the ESGF gateways for all the datasets listed below and I can confirm that these files are missing for some variables. I haven't given the variable names, because I have only checked the subset of variables that are of interest to me and that may not be a complete list. If the specific var names that I checked would be useful, I can provide them. While checking on these gaps, I noticed that not all variables in an atomic dataset span the same time range … an inconsistency that doesn't quite make sense to me. I also noticed that in some cases, d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">ata files that I had grabbed are no longer listed on the gateway, even though the version number is the same. An example is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px; ">cmip5.output1.NCC.NorESM1-M.piControl.day.land.day.r1i1p1.v20110901, mrsos, date range 11000101-12001231. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">What does that mean?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The gaps put these data into the "not quite usable" category. I wasn't sure whether to send this to the helpdesk or the forum or both; in the end I am just posting here.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">--Jennifer</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> 11880 times missing in cmip5.output1.NASA-GISS.GISS-E2-H.piControl.mon.atmos.Amon.r1i1p1 between 141912 and 241001</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> 11880 times missing in cmip5.output1.NASA-GISS.GISS-E2-H.piControl.mon.land.Lmon.r1i1p1 between 141912 and 241001</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> 4200 times missing in cmip5.output1.NASA-GISS.GISS-E2-R.piControl.mon.land.Lmon.r1i1p1 between 363012 and 398101 </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> 11880 times missing in cmip5.output1.NASA-GISS.GISS-E2-H.piControl.mon.ocean.Omon.r1i1p1 between 141912 and 241001</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px; "> 4200 times missing in cmip5.output1.NASA-GISS.GISS-E2-R.piControl.mon.ocean.Omon.r1i1p1 between 363012 and 398101 </span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px; "> 1 times missing in cmip5.output1.MOHC.HadGEM2-CC.historical.mon.ocean.Omon.r3i1p1 between 200110 and 200112</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px; "> 60 times missing in cmip5.output1.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-ESM2M.piControl.mon.land.Lmon.r1i1p1 between 017012 and 017601</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "> 60 times missing in cmip5.output1.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-ESM2M.piControl.mon.land.Lmon.r1i1p1 between 003012 and 003601</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px; "> 3650 times missing in cmip5.output1.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-CM3.piControl.day.atmos.day.r1i1p1 between 00101231 and 00210101</span></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> 1825 times missing in cmip5.output1.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-CM3.piControl.day.atmos.day.r1i1p1 between 00401231 and 00460101</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> 7300 times missing in cmip5.output1.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-CM3.piControl.day.atmos.day.r1i1p1 between 00751231 and 00960101</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">142350 times missing in cmip5.output1.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-CM3.piControl.day.atmos.day.r1i1p1 between 01001231 and 04910101</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><div> 73000 times missing in cmip5.output1.NCC.NorESM1-M.piControl.day.land.day.r1i1p1 between 08991231 and 11000101</div><div> 29220 times missing in cmip5.output1.MPI-M.MPI-ESM-LR.rcp85.day.atmos.day.r1i1p1 between 22001231 and 22810101 </div></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">--</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Jennifer M. Adams</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">IGES/COLA</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Calverton, MD 20705</div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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