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    <font face="Times New Roman">Hi Jennifer and all,<br>
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      Data writers were instructed to set "branch_time=0." if a run was
      *not* initialized from another run (or in cases when this was
      irrelevant ... e.g., some control runs).  Perhaps this accounts
      for the cases you examined?<br>
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      regards,<br>
      Karl<br>
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    On 3/21/12 7:03 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
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      cite="mid:D1309082-D8C8-4AAA-91AC-620307B3812E@cola.iges.org"
      type="cite">Ken Lo's explanation makes me want to laugh and cry at
      the same time. I see a global attribute called "branch_time", but
      for the handful of random files from I checked from both periods
      it is set to "0."  --Jennifer
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              <div>On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Jeffrey F. Painter
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                <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I can shed some
                  light on one of the gaps: the GISS-E2-R piControl
                  files actually contain TWO control runs!  One side of
                  the gap is one control run, and the other side of the
                  gap is the other control run.  I cut-and-pasted a
                  message from Ken Lo about this, at the bottom of this
                  message.<br>
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                  - Jeff<br>
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                  On 3/20/12 11:55 AM, Karl Taylor wrote:
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                    database problem??<br>
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                          <td>[Go-essp-tech] Data file gaps</td>
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                          <td>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:50:07 -0700</td>
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                          <td>Jennifer Adams <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">&lt;jma@cola.iges.org&gt;</a></td>
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                              href="mailto:go-essp-tech@ucar.edu">go-essp-tech@ucar.edu</a>
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                              href="mailto:go-essp-tech@ucar.edu">&lt;go-essp-tech@ucar.edu&gt;</a></td>
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                    <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
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                        "><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
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                        "> </span></div>
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                        style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
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                    <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>
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                      <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
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                          href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a></div>
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                  On 11/4/11 6:07 AM, Ken Lo wrote: <br>
                  Dear Jeff Painter, <br>
                  <br>
                  Years 3331 to 3630 of the control run are meant to be
                  compared with <br>
                  historicalMisc (p1), while years 3981 to 4530 are
                  meant to be compared <br>
                  with historical, historicalMisc (p109), historicalGHG,
                  historicalNat <br>
                  and rcp runs (all p1 except indicated otherwise).  The
                  appropriate years <br>
                  for comparison are written in the branch time of the
                  metadata of each <br>
                  file. </div>
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                    <div>Jennifer M. Adams</div>
                    <div>IGES/COLA</div>
                    <div>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</div>
                    <div>Calverton, MD 20705</div>
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