Terra MODIS L1 failures

[sdasgupta]

Terra MODIS Level 0 to Level1 processing started to fail for GSFC Direct Broadcast passes starting 6/27/2022. Similar failures have also been reported by other Direct Broadcast stations. FYI, our (Direct Readout lab's) modisl1db package represents Seadas-ocssw, direct broadcast bundle V2021.2 tag and the package was created with guidance from OBPG.
The error messages were as follows
“ERROR: display_ancillary_files.cgi script returned blank entry for att0. Exiting.
Failed to identify/retrieve attitude/ephemeris required to geolocate MOD01.22179023847.hdf; exiting.”
We suspect that the anc_utils.py script under the seadasutils module is failing to query/fetch the attitude and ephemeris ancillary files. Can you provide guidance on how to address these failures?

[OB SeaDAS - xuanyang02]

Yes, anc_utils.py script is failing to get the attitude and ephemeris ancillary files because they are not available. It seems that the average latency for terra att/eph has increased about 100 minutes from 7-10 hours to 9-11 hours since mid June.

See viewtopic.php?p=11642#p11619

Bing

[sdasgupta]

Thanks for your response. Looks like the problem hasn't been resolved yet. Real time Terra processing at Direct Broadcast sites continue to fail due to this ancillary latency issue. When is this issue expected to be resolved ? Thanks.

[jay_cable]

Is there any update to this? Thanks!

[OB SeaDAS - xuanyang02]

We have no control over this ancillary latency issue, it's upstream from us. However, the issue seems to improve.

It's 20:16:00 UTC right now, and I am able to do modis_atteph and modis_GEO on T2022187135000.L1A_LAC

$ modis_atteph T2022187135000.L1A_LAC
Running debug binaries...
/Users/*/ocssw/bin
Terra
ancillary_data.db
Terra
att1=/Users/*/ocssw/var/anc/2022/187/AM1ATTN0.A2022187.1200.002
eph1=/Users/*/ocssw/var/anc/2022/187/AM1EPHN0.A2022187.1200.002

$ modis_GEO T2022187135000.L1A_LAC
Running debug binaries...
/Users/*/ocssw/bin
Running debug binaries...
/Users/*/ocssw/bin
ancillary_data.db
MODIS GEO version 6.1.0, built Jan 11 2022 14:31:07
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