Exception in NodeFileEditor - "Time (...) does not exist in input data fileset" #84
Description
Hello! I'm looking for some help/ideas to track down the cause of a strange exception produced when running NodeFileEditor.
I am using NodeFileEditor to calculate TC energetics (ACE, PDI etc.) following tracking and stitching with DetectNodes/StitchNodes. This has worked for quite a few simulations so far, so I am reasonably confident the workflow is okay.
However, for one model run I am getting an error when trying to produce ACE.
The input commands are (with some filenames replaced):
Arguments:
--in_nodefile <string> [(StitchNodes output file with tracks)]
--in_nodefile_type <string> ["SN"] [DN|SN]
--in_data <string> [""]
--in_data_list <string> [(file with lists of model outputs, one month per line)]
--in_connect <string> [""]
--diag_connect <bool> [false]
--regional <bool> [true]
--in_fmt <string> ["lon,lat,mslp,wind,zs,sst2deg_min,sst2deg_avg,sst2deg_max"]
--out_fmt <string> ["lon,lat,mslp,wind,ACE,PDI,IKE,rsize,rprof"]
--out_nodefile <string> [(output file containing energetics alongside each track)]
--out_nodefile_format <string> ["csv"] [gfdl|csv|csvnohead]
--timefilter <string> [""]
--colfilter <string> [""] [col,op,value;...]
--calculate <string> ["ACE=eval_ace(uas,vas,5);PDI=eval_pdi(uas,vas,5);IKE=eval_ike(uas,vas,5);rprof=radial_wind_profile(uas,vas,159,0.125);rsize=lastwhere(rprof,>,8)"]
--apply_time_delta <string> [""]
--lonname <string> ["lon"]
--latname <string> ["lat"]
...and the error produced looks like this:
..Calculating "ACE=eval_ace(uas,vas,5)"
....EXCEPTION (/[path_to_installation]/tempestextremes/src/nodes/NodeFileEditor.cpp, Line 1687) Time (2020-12-06 12:00:00) does not exist in input data fileset
...which I see in the output once for each CPU used in the call to NodeFileEditor.
This exception sounds like it's telling me the input files (from the model) are missing a timestep or the like, however:
- The program seems to have run okay to this point, including the tracking.
- I have run several checks on the input files (uas and vas) in the
eval_acecall, and I can't see any issues with the data or metadata. - The other model fields also look normal at the problematic time step (as well as before and after that).
- Other netCDF tools have no issues working with the data.
- The output of StitchNodes looks normal, in both csv and gfdl formats, and has a row/track starting at the above time (2020-12-06 12:00:00).
Do you have any idea what might be causing this error? Happy to supply any other info if needed.