MC descriptor file for unevenly spaced time in netCDF files

[Einar Örn Ólason <eoo@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi list,

I would like to make an MC descriptor file for some model outputs I
have, but the data is unevenly spaced in time, i.e. I have data for the
first day of every month, and the length of each month differs. Is it at
all possible to create an MC file that would do that?

I tried:

&FORMAT_RECORD
       D_TYPE        = '  MC',
       D_FORMAT      = '  1A',
     /
 &BACKGROUND_RECORD
       D_TITLE       = 'MOM model output forced by ERA40 data',
       D_T0TIME      = '01-JAN-0001 00:00:00',
       D_TIME_UNIT   = 86400.0,
       D_CALTYPE     = 'NOLEAP',
       D_TIME_MODULO = .FALSE.,
 /
 &MESSAGE_RECORD
       D_MESSAGE     = ' ',
       D_ALERT_ON_OPEN      = F,
       D_ALERT_ON_OUTPUT    = F,
 /
 &EXTRA_RECORD
 /
 
  
&STEPFILE_RECORD
       s_filename    = 'mixtest_.000003.01.01.pe.12.nc',
       S_AUX_SET_NUM = 0,
       S_START       = 31.0,
       S_END  = 730.0
       S_DELTA       = 30.39130435,
       S_NUM_OF_FILES       = 1,
       S_REGVARFLAG  = ' ',
 /
 
  
&STEPFILE_RECORD
       s_filename    = 'mixtest_.000005.01.01.pe.12.nc',
       S_AUX_SET_NUM = 0,
       S_START       = 761.0,
       S_END  = 1460.0
       S_DELTA       = 30.39130435,
       S_NUM_OF_FILES       = 1,
       S_REGVARFLAG  = ' ',
 /  
 
 
&STEPFILE_RECORD
       s_filename    = '**END OF STEPFILES**'
 
/

?

Since listing the t-grid gives (for the second file only)

yes? list t[gt=u[d=mixtest_.000005.01.01.pe.12.nc]]
             VARIABLE : T
                        axis TIME3
             SUBSET   : 24 points (TIME)
             CALENDAR : NOLEAP
 01-FEB-0003 00 /  1:   761.
 01-MAR-0003 00 /  2:   789.
 01-APR-0003 00 /  3:   820.
 01-MAY-0003 00 /  4:   850.
 01-JUN-0003 00 /  5:   881.
 01-JUL-0003 00 /  6:   911.
 01-AUG-0003 00 /  7:   942.
 01-SEP-0003 00 /  8:   973.
 01-OCT-0003 00 /  9:  1003.
 01-NOV-0003 00 / 10:  1034.
 01-DEC-0003 00 / 11:  1064.
 01-JAN-0004 00 / 12:  1095.
 01-FEB-0004 00 / 13:  1126.
 01-MAR-0004 00 / 14:  1154.
 01-APR-0004 00 / 15:  1185.
 01-MAY-0004 00 / 16:  1215.
 01-JUN-0004 00 / 17:  1246.
 01-JUL-0004 00 / 18:  1276.
 01-AUG-0004 00 / 19:  1307.
 01-SEP-0004 00 / 20:  1338.
 01-OCT-0004 00 / 21:  1368.
 01-NOV-0004 00 / 22:  1399.
 01-DEC-0004 00 / 23:  1429.
 01-JAN-0005 00 / 24:  1460.

and I therefor put S_DELTA  = (1460-761)/23.

However, when I try to use the descriptor file I get a wrong range for l
or l=1:46 but the files I'm concatinating have l=1:24 each! It turns out
that it's the last record in each file that's lost. Any thoughts?

	Einar