no VersionID in ATL15 Metadata

[jessica.scheick]

The ATL15 v003 metadata of an s3 file (url: s3://nsidc-cumulus-prod-protected/ATLAS/ATL15/003/ATL15_GL_0318_01km_003_01.nc) has a "VersionID" value of "SET_BY_PGE".

The info can be found within the file at: file["METADATA"]["DatasetIdentification"].attrs.["VersionID"]

We have an automated workflow that extracts version information using these attributes, and the unset value is causing the workflow to fail. Is this an intentional value, or one that did not get set during data production?

[NSIDC - mbeig]

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for pointing this out! I contacted the ICESat-2 Project Science Office and this attribute should be populated with the most recent Version number, but a blip in the QA process missed it this go around. Just a heads up, ATL14 v003 and ATL11 v006 have similar issues. This will be fixed during the next release of these data products.

Kind regards,

Mikala

[jessica.scheick]

Hey Mikala,

Thanks for the confirmation and letting me know about the other products affected. I'll expand the temporary fix I'm adding to icepyx to include the other products.

Best,
~Jessica