Optimal ozone files

[khyde]

Hello,

My apologies if I missed an announcement or post, but I was wondering if there has been a change to the Ozone ancillary data.  I have several instances where the log states the ozone data is not optimal.  Do you anticipate any updates to the ozone ancillary files or are the O3_AURAOMI the best available?  I have my code set up to look for climatology ancillary files and rerun when new ancillary files are available.  My code is also flagging these "non-optimal" files as well and I'm wondering if I should just ignore that error (at least for the older files) and not look for updated ozone files.

Thanks,
Kim

Searching database: /usr/local/seadas/ocssw/var/ancillary_data.db
Determining pass start and end times...
VIIRS
()
Input file: V2018363171200.L1A_SNPP.nc
Sensor    : viirs
Start time: 2018363171200
End time  : 2018363171800
()
  Found: /nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836318_MET_NCEPR2_6h.hdf
  Found: /nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836312_MET_NCEPR2_6h.hdf
  Found: /nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836300_O3_AURAOMI_24h.hdf
  Found: /nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N2018363_SST_OIV2AV_24h.nc
  Found: /nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836300_SEAICE_NSIDC_24h.hdf
()
Created 'V2018363171200.L1A_SNPP.nc.anc' l2gen parameter text file:

icefile=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836300_SEAICE_NSIDC_24h.hdf
met1=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836312_MET_NCEPR2_6h.hdf
met2=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836318_MET_NCEPR2_6h.hdf
met3=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836318_MET_NCEPR2_6h.hdf
ozone1=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836300_O3_AURAOMI_24h.hdf
ozone2=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836300_O3_AURAOMI_24h.hdf
ozone3=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N201836300_O3_AURAOMI_24h.hdf
sstfile=/nadata/SCRIPTS/SEADAS/seadas_anc/2018/363/N2018363_SST_OIV2AV_24h.nc
()
*** WARNING: The following ancillary data types were missing or are not optimal:  OZONE
*** Beware that certain MET and OZONE files just chosen by this program are not optimal.
*** For near real-time processing the remaining files may become available soon.

[OB.DAAC - SeanBailey]

Hmmm...no, there hasn't been a change - at least an intended change.
Those ozone files are correct (and optimal).  We'll look into the werks and see which hamster is off his wheel...

Sean

Update:   narrowing down which hamster...would seem not to be a persistent issue, so possibly a database quirk for some files...stay tuned :grin: