ENH: make time Fill Value show up in NetCDF via encoding

c-proof · Apr 26, 2024 · 88e673c · 88e673c
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diff --git a/pyglider/ncprocess.py b/pyglider/ncprocess.py
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ def extract_timeseries_profiles(inname, outdir, deploymentyaml):
                 dss.to_netcdf(outname, encoding={'time': {'units': timeunits,
                                                           'calendar': timecalendar},
                                                           'profile_time':
-                                                         {'units': timeunits}})
+                                                         {'units': timeunits,
+                                                         '_FillValue': -99999}}
+                                                         )
 
                 # add traj_strlen using bare ntcdf to make IOOS happy
                 with netCDF4.Dataset(outname, 'r+') as nc:

diff --git a/pyglider/slocum.py b/pyglider/slocum.py
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ def binary_to_timeseries(indir, cachedir, outdir, deploymentyaml, *,
     outname = (outdir + '/' + ds.attrs['deployment_name'] + fnamesuffix + '.nc')
     _log.info('writing %s', outname)
     ds.to_netcdf(outname, 'w',
-                 encoding={'time': {'units': 'seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z'}})
+                 encoding={'time': {'units': 'seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z', '_FillValue': -999999}})
 
     return outname
 

diff --git a/tests/example-data/example-slocum/process_deploymentRealTime.py b/tests/example-data/example-slocum/process_deploymentRealTime.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         rawdir, l1tsdir, deploymentyaml,
         profile_filt_time=100, profile_min_time=300)
 
-if False:
+if True:
     # make profile netcdf files for ioos gdac...
     ncprocess.extract_timeseries_profiles(outname, profiledir, deploymentyaml)