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[McIDAS #AAZ-699855]: mcidas GRDLIST FRAN=



Hi Bill,

First, let me apologize for the incredible tardiness of this reply!

re:
> Long time since I had a Mcidas problem. How have you been ?

I have been well, thank you (but busy).  How is life in the Northeast?
The winter season has been _very_ interesting here in Colorado.  I have
received over 95 inches of snow at my house (in the foothills at 8150
feet above Boulder) so far.  I have really been enjoying the snow,
but the wind storms that have occurred in between a couple of the storms
was "challenging".  The snow that drifted around my neighborhood settled
into esker-like ridges was as hard as concrete.  The county snowplows
that typically come through our neighborhood were getting stuck, so road
graters were eventually used.  All-in-all, it has been very interesting.
The good news is that my Internet connection has continued to work nicely
:-)

> Problem: When I use GRDLIST with the keyword FRAN=, I don't see all the
> grids on my server. Interestingly, I don't have a problem on motherlode.

Interesting.  I had not tried using the FRANGE= keyword sequence, so I
had not run into this.  The fact that it does not occur on motherlode
hints that the problem is one that was introduced in McIDAS-X v2006 --
motherlode is still running v2005+.

> -- To document the problem, I opened a text file. Here are the
> responses:
> 
> TFILE did OPEN on window 0
> 
> -- Make sure I am looking at my server, omega:
> 
> DATALOC LIST
> Group Name Server IP Address
> -------------------- ----------------------------------------
> AMRC UWAMRC.SSEC.WISC.EDU
> BLIZZARD ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> CIMSS OMEGA.LSC.VSC.EDU
> EAST <LOCAL-DATA>
> EUM_AD <LOCAL-DATA>
> GINICOMP ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> GINIEAST ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> GINIWEST ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> GOESEAST <LOCAL-DATA>
> ME7 IO.SCA.UQAM.CA
> MYDATA <LOCAL-DATA>
> NEXRCOMP ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> PUB <LOCAL-DATA>
> RTGRIDS OMEGA.LSC.VSC.EDU
> RTIMAGES OMEGA.LSC.VSC.EDU
> RTNEXRAD ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> RTPTSRC OMEGA.LSC.VSC.EDU
> RTWXTEXT OMEGA.LSC.VSC.EDU
> TOPO OMEGA.LSC.VSC.EDU
> WEST <LOCAL-DATA>
> <LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data 
> directory.
> DATALOC -- done
> 
> -- Check what is on my server:
> 
> GRDLIST RTGRIDS/NAM DAY=030 TIME=00 PAR=T LEV=2 GPRO=LAMB GRIB=211 NUM=29
> Dataset position 10     Directory Title= ALL  00Z NAM 0  HR<=VT<=24 HR
> PAR  LEVEL      DAY          TIME     SRC  FHR  FDAY         FTIME     GRID  
> PRO
> ---- ---------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------ -------- ----- 
> ----
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM    0 30 JAN 07030 00:00:00   138 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM    6 30 JAN 07030 06:00:00  1694 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   12 30 JAN 07030 12:00:00  2366 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   18 30 JAN 07030 18:00:00  3838 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   24 31 JAN 07031 00:00:00  5164 
> LAMB

> Dataset position 20     Directory Title= ALL  00Z NAM 24 HR< VT<=48 HR
> PAR  LEVEL      DAY          TIME     SRC  FHR  FDAY         FTIME     GRID  
> PRO
> ---- ---------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------ -------- ----- 
> ----
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   30 31 JAN 07031 06:00:00   840 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   36 31 JAN 07031 12:00:00  2163 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   42 31 JAN 07031 18:00:00  3359 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   48 01 FEB 07032 00:00:00  4491 
> LAMB

> Dataset position 30     Directory Title= ALL  00Z NAM 48 HR< VT<=72 HR
> PAR  LEVEL      DAY          TIME     SRC  FHR  FDAY         FTIME     GRID  
> PRO
> ---- ---------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------ -------- ----- 
> ----
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   54 01 FEB 07032 06:00:00   621 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   60 01 FEB 07032 12:00:00  2201 
> LAMB
> Number of grids listed = 11
> GRDLIST - done
> 
> -- I have 11 grids going out 60 hours. That's good.

Very good.

> -- Now, repeat the same query using the FRAN= keyword:
> 
> GRDLIST RTGRIDS/NAM DAY=030 TIME=00 PAR=T LEV=2 GPRO=LAMB GRIB=211 NUM=29 
> FRAN=0 48 6

> Dataset position 10     Directory Title= ALL  00Z NAM 0  HR<=VT<=24 HR
> PAR  LEVEL      DAY          TIME     SRC  FHR  FDAY         FTIME     GRID  
> PRO
> ---- ---------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------ -------- ----- 
> ----
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM    0 30 JAN 07030 00:00:0o   138 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM    6 30 JAN 07030 06:00:00  1694 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   12 30 JAN 07030 12:00:00  2366 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   18 30 JAN 07030 18:00:00  3838 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   24 31 JAN 07031 00:00:00  5164 
> LAMB
> Number of grids listed = 5
> GRDLIST - done
> 
> -- So, I don't see forecast beyond 24 hours ?????? That is not correct.

Hmm... it is suspicious that the listing ends after the grids from a single
output file have been included.

> -- Let's repeat this on motherlode.
> 
> DATALOC ADD RTGRIDS ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> 
> Group Name                    Server IP Address
> --------------------         ----------------------------------------
> RTGRIDS                      ADDE.UCAR.EDU
> 
> <LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data
> directory.
> DATALOC -- done

> GRDLIST RTGRIDS/NAM DAY=030 TIME=00 PAR=T LEV=2 GPRO=LAMB GRIB=211 NUM=29 
> FRAN=0 48 6
> Dataset position 10     Directory Title= ALL  00Z NAM 0  HR<=VT<=24 HR
> PAR  LEVEL      DAY          TIME     SRC  FHR  FDAY         FTIME     GRID  
> PRO
> ---- ---------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------ -------- ----- 
> ----
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM    0 30 JAN 07030 00:00:00   138 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM    6 30 JAN 07030 06:00:00  1673 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   12 30 JAN 07030 12:00:00  2337 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   18 30 JAN 07030 18:00:00  3794 
> LAMB

> Dataset position 20     Directory Title= ALL  00Z NAM 24 HR< VT<=48 HR
> PAR  LEVEL      DAY          TIME     SRC  FHR  FDAY         FTIME     GRID  
> PRO
> ---- ---------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------ -------- ----- 
> ----
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   30 31 JAN 07031 06:00:00   835 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   36 31 JAN 07031 12:00:00  2144 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   42 31 JAN 07031 18:00:00  3288 
> LAMB
> T        2 M    30 JAN 07030 00:00:00  NAM   48 01 FEB 07032 00:00:00  4419 
> LAMB
> Number of grids listed = 8
> GRDLIST - done
> 
> -- Okay, I see forecast beyond 24 hours, and out to 48 hours, just what
> I should see.

Yup, it looks like a problem might have been introduced in v2006.  Alternately,
the cause of the different listings could be the platform on which the server
is running: motherlode runs Solaris SPARC v5.9, and I _think_ that your server
is running Linux.  This really shouldn't be the cause of the problem, but
you never know...

> So, I would guess that nothing is wrong with GRDLIST using FRAN=, but
> something is not right with our server omega.

It is likely a problem with with the grid server, gdirserv, not the client.
The reason I say this is your client works correctly when listing from
motherlode and not when listing from your own server.
 
> Can you suggest what to fix on our server ???

Before recommending a workaround/fix, I need to replicate the problem on
a machine here at the UPC and then figure out what is causing the problem.

> Thanks, Bill

Again, I apologize for my slow response.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AAZ-699855
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Urgent
Status: Closed