[Go-essp-tech] Incorrect file names?

[Laura Carriere]

Ah, now I see your reply.  Since you have a solution to your immediate 
problem, I will not rush the republish but will have it done as soon as 
it's convenient.  Thanks.

   Laura.

On 2/14/2012 2:32 PM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
> Oh dear. Rather than renaming the files, I used a set of symlinks to 
> solve my immediate problem, but I still find this a bit troubling. I 
> will have to check all GEOS-5 data files I grab from now on. I asked 
> Larry Marx to check if any of COLA's CMIP5 data at NASA have 8-digit 
> date stamps, and he found everything to be correct with only YYYYMM 
> date strings.
> --Jennifer
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Laura Carriere wrote:
>
>>
>> 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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>    Laura Carriere, SAIClaura.carriere at nasa.gov
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> 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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>


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

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