From c2fd6d6b60f0f9d78b89dd3a7c1a96d4bafbcfac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Edward.Safford" <edward.safford@noaa.gov>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 14:26:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Ref #197

Fix handling missing station data files.
---
 src/eva/data/mon_data_space.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/eva/data/mon_data_space.py b/src/eva/data/mon_data_space.py
index f4ed722..567ec1b 100644
--- a/src/eva/data/mon_data_space.py
+++ b/src/eva/data/mon_data_space.py
@@ -799,6 +799,10 @@ def read_stn_ieee(self, file_name, coords, dims, ndims_used, dims_arr,
             dims['ydef'] = numobs
             f.close()
 
+        else:
+            rtn_array = np.zeros((len(vars),1,1), float)
+            dims['ydef'] = 1
+
         rtn_lat = np.asarray(lat).reshape(-1)
         rtn_lon = np.asarray(lon).reshape(-1)