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There are three methods for users to check data via FCHECK:
Once access has been granted to the SeaBASS SFTP server by the SeaBASS Administrator, there will be an FCHECK directory within your SFTP account. Create a new subdirectory within your FCHECK directory. Use a simple folder name of your choice (but avoid spaces and special punctuation) and upload your SeaBASS data files within it. As a final step, please send an email to fcheck@seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov with the subject line: FTP: my_folder from the email address that was used to register for SeaBASS SFTP access (this is important, as your email address indicates to FCHECK which SFTP account to check). FCHECK will process all the files within your subdirectory and email you the results.
The email results are typically returned within minutes, unless the total file size of your data files is large (dozens of megabytes or more could take longer). If you do not receive an email, check your spam folder, and also make sure you are using the email address you used to register your SFTP account.
SFTP example:
(A) Create a subdirectory within your SFTP account's FCHECK directory: ~/FCHECK/ocean_blue
(B) Upload several SeaBASS data files to that subdirectory: ~/FCHECK/ocean_blue
(C) Send an email from the email address used to register for SFTP access to FCHECK at fcheck@seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov with the subject: FTP: ocean_blue
(D) Receive an email back from FCHECK describing the status (pass, fail, comments) of each uploaded file
Date/version | Modifications |
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v.20241021 | Added new fields |
2024-09-04 | Several field and header handling additions |
2023-05-02 | Minor field updates |
2023-03-31 | Added new suffix |
2022-11-08 | Added AERONET fields |
2022-08-22 | Minor field updates |
2021-09-09 | Fixed bug with above_detection_limit. Minor documentation update. |
2020-11-02 |
Minor header updates
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2020-10-28 |
Minor field and headers updates, mostly related to archiving IFCB measurements
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2020-08-18 |
Minor field updates
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2020-07-08 |
Minor field updates, mostly related to archiving EXPORTS measurements
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2020-06-18 |
Minor field updates, mostly related to archiving EXPORTS measurements
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2020-05-04 |
Non-ASCII characters are now detected as errors
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2020-04-22 |
Minor field updates
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2020-04-04 |
Minor field updates, mostly related to archiving EXPORTS measurements
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2019-09-25 |
Minor field updates, mostly related to archiving EXPORTS measurements
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2019-09-06 |
Minor field updates
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2019-08-06 |
Minor field updates
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2019-07-03 |
Minor field updates
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2019-05-22 |
Minor field updates including size fractionation suffixes (_#umfilt & _#umprefilt)
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2019-04-25 |
Minor field updates
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2019-03-22 |
Minor field updates
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2019-02-08 |
Added support for one-to-many base-field suffix mapping.
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2018-11-27 |
Corrected the unit handling for _cv and _bincount field suffix modifiers
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2018-10-22 |
Minor field updates
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2018-02-21 |
Minor field updates and obsolete_field_warning support
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2017-10-13 |
Minor field updates
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2017-08-23 |
Updates to fields and headers; added support to catch byte order marks
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2016-12-19 |
Minor updates to fields and headers
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2016-07-29 |
Minor updates to fields and headers. Added better support for field name modifiers and suffixes.
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2016-05-11 |
Minor bug fixes
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2016-01-19 |
Minor updates to fields and headers
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2015-10-05 |
Added summary to display types of errors and warnings
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2015-02-27 |
Improved flagging of INF values and certain whitespace
Improved detection of certain suffixes in fields
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2015-01-15 |
Updated blank line detection
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2014-11-13 |
Various minor updates to FCHECK and .ini file
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2013-08-12 |
Various minor updates.
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2013-01-30 |
Fixed fatal error when months were not numerical.
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2013-01-25 |
Fixed detection of a missing /end_header.
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2013-01-17 |
Symbolic links to fcheck4.pl now work.
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2012-12-19 |
Fixed improper checking of invalid number of fields.
Added abs_{ap,ag,ad}.
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2012-12-04 |
Fixed improper handling of duplicate fields.
Fixed detection of oddly formed wavelengths.
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2012-11-02 | Bug fixes. |
2012-05-23 | Initial revision uploaded. |