query returns 85 sec NPP viirs files

oo_processing · by **oo_processing** » Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:08 pm America/New_York

Lo all,

I have been doing full mission queries for VIIRS data in various regions of interest. I get the result in the level1&2 browser, and right click on "list" and save as a file. While working with the saved files, I am seeing L2_NPP_OC files (as opposed to L2_SNPP_OC) in year 2014, on doys 052 and 053 (so far) and note below that the file should not show up in both my ANGOLA ROI and my CAPE_COD ROI as they are not even close to each other, nor do the L2_NPP_OC files exist. There must be a database error of some sort?

[bmurch@optics0 bin]$ grep L2_NPP_OC ~/Documents/lists/VIIRS_C_ATLANTIC_full_mission_filelist.txt
V2014052154635.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052154800.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052154926.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052155051.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052155216.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052172609.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052172735.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052172900.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173026.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173151.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173316.L2_NPP_OC.nc
[bmurch@optics0 bin]$ grep L2_NPP_OC ~/Documents/lists/VIIRS_ANGOLA_full_mission_filelist.txt
V2014052173442.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173607.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173732.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052191541.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052191707.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014053115959.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014053120124.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014053120249.L2_NPP_OC.nc
[bmurch@optics0 bin]$ grep L2_NPP_OC ~/Documents/lists/VIIRS_CAPE_COD_full_mission_filelist.txt
V2014052173442.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173607.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173732.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052173858.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052191541.L2_NPP_OC.nc
V2014052191707.L2_NPP_OC.nc

These files do not actually exist:
[bmurch@optics0 bin]$ curl --output V2014052154635.L2_NPP_OC.nc https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi/getfile/V2014052154635.L2_NPP_OC.nc
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed   Time Time    Time Current
   Dload Upload   Total   Spent Left Speed
110   665 110   665 0    0 118 0 0:00:05 0:00:05 --:--:--   195
[bmurch@optics0 bin]$ cat V2014052154635.L2_NPP_OC.nc
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"><meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOARCHIVE"><title>ERROR @ OceanColor Biology Processing Group (OBPG)</title></head><body link=#323232 vlink=#323232 alink=#323232 style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#323232; font-size:175%"><br><hr color=#323232><center><h1><b>.:. ERROR .:.</b></h1><h2>OceanColor Biology Processing Group (OBPG)</h2><blockquote>Sorry, an error has occurred. Use the back button to return to the previous page or go to the <a href="https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov">Ocean Color Home Page</a>.</blockquote><br><hr color= #323232></body></html>

OB.DAACx - SeanBailey · by **OB.DAACx - SeanBailey** » Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:58 pm America/New_York

When we switched to the 6-minute granule data we still had the 86-sec data in the archive, so it was left in the browser metadata.
Time passed. We found we were happy with the 6-minute files and deleted the 86-sec data from the archive....forgot to remove it
from the browser metadata. We'll fix that now :grin:

If the files you seek have names like L2_NPP, don't. Seek that is, they shall not be found. The 6-minute granules have the SNPP moniker.

Sean

oo_processing · by **oo_processing** » Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:07 pm America/New_York

Good to hear. I wasn't seeking L2_NPP files, I was just searching for viirs daytime, and they popped into the list. And yes, I use that list for donwloads, and bypassed the L2_NPP files that populated the list.

:grin:
Brock