diff --git a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_angle.sh b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_angle.sh
index 78554cab..1b131dbb 100755
--- a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_angle.sh
+++ b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_angle.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ for type in ${SATYPE2}; do
    #
    prefix="angle."
    dfiles=`ls *.ieee_d`
+   if [[ $dfiles = "" ]]; then
+      echo "NO DATA available for $type, aborting bcoef plot"
+      continue
+   fi
+
    for file in $dfiles; do
       newfile=`basename $file | sed -e "s/^$prefix//"`
       mv ./${file} ./${newfile}
diff --git a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcoef.sh b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcoef.sh
index 2bd4a41a..08d36c16 100755
--- a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcoef.sh
+++ b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcoef.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ for type in ${SATYPE}; do
    #
    prefix="bcoef."
    dfiles=`ls *.ieee_d`
+   if [[ $dfiles = "" ]]; then
+      echo "NO DATA available for $type, aborting bcoef plot"
+      continue
+   fi
+
    for file in $dfiles; do
       newfile=`basename $file | sed -e "s/^$prefix//"`
       mv ./${file} ./${newfile}
diff --git a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcor.sh b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcor.sh
index 64c0aa45..62d6a77a 100755
--- a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcor.sh
+++ b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_bcor.sh
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ for type in ${SATYPE2}; do
    #
    prefix="bcor."
    dfiles=`ls *.ieee_d`
+   if [[ $dfiles = "" ]]; then
+      echo "NO DATA available for $type, aborting bcoef plot"
+      continue
+   fi
+
    for file in $dfiles; do
       newfile=`basename $file | sed -e "s/^$prefix//"`
       mv ./${file} ./${newfile}
diff --git a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_summary.sh b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_summary.sh
index d126f6fb..48141e65 100755
--- a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_summary.sh
+++ b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_summary.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ for type in ${SATYPE2}; do
    #
    prefix="time."
    dfiles=`ls *.ieee_d`
+   if [[ $dfiles = "" ]]; then
+      echo "NO DATA available for $type, aborting summary plot"
+      continue
+   fi
+
    for file in $dfiles; do
       newfile=`basename $file | sed -e "s/^$prefix//"`
       mv ./${file} ./${newfile}
diff --git a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_time.sh b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_time.sh
index b4256c17..e2c7c1cb 100755
--- a/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_time.sh
+++ b/src/Radiance_Monitor/image_gen/ush/plot_time.sh
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ for type in ${SATYPE2}; do
    #
    prefix="time."
    dfiles=`ls *.ieee_d`
+   if [[ $dfiles = "" ]]; then
+      echo "NO DATA available for $type, aborting time plot"
+      continue
+   fi
+
    for file in $dfiles; do
       newfile=`basename $file | sed -e "s/^$prefix//"`
       mv ./${file} ./${newfile}