[Go-essp-tech] Incorrect file names?

[Laura Carriere]

Quick answer on my way to a meeting - CMOR2 was used for this and at 
least one other dataset that we have (from COLA) that also has the 
yyyymmdd format.  I'll ask a few other questions after my meeting but 
that's the short answer.

   Laura.

On 2/14/2012 1:21 PM, Karl Taylor wrote:
> Dear Novice (with clearly more knowledge than most so-called experts),
>
> I'm copying a contact for the GEOS-5 model who may be able to provide 
> some information on this.  I can't explain why the monthly file names 
> are inconsistent with what CMOR2 puts out.  Maybe CMOR2 wasn't used.  
> The DRS document doesn't absolutely forbid including more precision 
> than necessary in specifying the time-periods, so I don't think we can 
> force them to rename their files.  That being said, my hope was 
> everyone would use CMOR, so the file names would all follow the same 
> template.
>
> Karl
>
> On 2/13/12 9:30 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
>> Dear Experts,
>>
>> Here is a dataset:
>> http://pcmdi3.llnl.gov/esgcet/dataset/cmip5.output1.NASA-GMAO.GEOS-5.decadal1960.mon.atmos.Amon.r1i1p1.html
>>
>> And here is the file name template for all the variables in this 
>> dataset:
>> <varname>_Amon_GEOS-5_decadal1960_r1i1p1_19610116-19701216.nc
>>
>> My script to generate a GrADS descriptor for this file barked because 
>> the MONTHLY data file has time stamps in the YYYYMMDD format.
>> If I have read the DRS document correctly, this a not a correct file 
>> name.
>> Shouldn't I be able to assume that monthly files will have only 
>> YYYYMM date strings?
>>
>> --Jennifer
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> IGES/COLA
>> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
>> Calverton, MD 20705
>> jma at cola.iges.org <mailto:jma at cola.iges.org>
>>
>>
>>


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   Laura Carriere, SAIC                 laura.carriere at nasa.gov
   NCCS, Code 606.2		       301 614-5064

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