id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
495	Modify ropp_io_read_ncdf_get.f90 so that ucar2ropp can read atmPhs MTPA files.	Ian Culverwell	Ian Culverwell	"'''ucar2ropp''' currently fails to read atmPhs.MTPA*_nc files because the 'xmdl' (""PhaseLoop Open Model"") is missing from the file.  This results in
{{{
/data/users/idculv/ROPP/ifort/bin/ucar2ropp  data/atmPhs_MTPA.2017.001.00.04.G29_2016.0120_nc  -o data/atmPhs_MTPA.2017.001.00.04.G29_2016.0120_ropp.nc  -d

---------------------------------------------------------------------
                  UCAR to ROPP netCDF Converter
---------------------------------------------------------------------

INFO (from ucar2ropp):  Reading file data/atmPhs_MTPA.2017.001.00.04.G29_2016.0120_nc
ERROR: Variable not found: xmdl
}}} 

According to http://cdaac-www.cosmic.ucar.edu/cdaac/cgi_bin/fileFormats.cgi?type=atmPhs this variable should be present, but that's life.

We should enable ROPP to read existing atmPhs.MTPA*_nc files, even if we can persuade CDAAC to include xmdl in more recent ones. One possible solution, as done at DMI, is outlined in r5016.

Helpdesk enq 333 shows that at least one user has had a problem with this.
"	defect	closed	normal	9.1	ropp_io	9.0	fixed	UCAR, MTPA