Preprocessor exit codes

After a measurement is processed by the preprocessor, an exit code is provided that can help you understand if everything went OK, and if not, what was the problem. The implemented exit codes are the following.

0
Finished without errors
1
Failure in memory allocation
2
Configuration file not found
3
Configuration file error: INPUT_DIR not defined
4
Configuration file error: OUTPUT_DIR not defined
5
Configuration file error: Cannot read in INPUT_DIR
6
Configuration file error: Cannot write on OUTPUT_DIR
7
Configuration file error: Cannot read in SOUNDINGS_DIR
8
Configuration file error: Cannot read in OVERLAP_DIR
9
Configuration file error: Cannot read in LIDARRATIO_DIR
10
Configuration file error: Cannot write on LOG_DIR
12
Wrong usage in calling the script
13
Cannot create output directory
14
An internal error occurred
15
Configuration file error: Cannot read in CLOUDMASK_DIR
16
Configuration file error: Cannot read in CLOUDNET_DIR
17
Configuration file error: Cannot write on RAW_SKIPPING_DIR
18
Cannot create cloudnet output directory
19
Cannot read CA file
20
Found one or more channels defined in the product definition but not linked to the used system configuration. Please check that all the channels in your products are also linked to the used system configuration
21
Cannot connect to SCC_DB
22
Failed in quering SCC_DB
23
Failed in fetching query of SCC_DB
24
Found error(s) in SCC_DB for the submitted Measurement_ID
25
Measurement ID not found in the selected database
26
Measurement_ID not unique in the selected database
27
Unknown usecase in SCC_DB
28
One or more mandatory datetime field(s) are not set into the database
29
Found mismatch among usecase, product type and given channels
30
All the products associated to a system configuration should be processed with the same processor module.
40
Unknown product type in SCC_DB
41
Cannot open NetCDF input file
42
Dimension “time” not found in NetCDF input file
43
Dimension “channels” or “channel” not found in NetCDF input file
44
Dimension “points” not found in NetCDF input file
45
Dimension “scan_angles” not found in NetCDF input file
46
Global attribute “Measurement_ID” not found or not correctly defined in NetCDF input file
47
Incorrect definition of global attribute “Measurement_ID” in NetCDF input file
48
Global attribute “RawData_Start_Date” not found in NetCDF input file
49
Global attribute “RawData_Start_Time_UT” not found in NetCDF input file
50
Global attribute “RawData_Stop_Time_UT” not found in NetCDF input file
51
Variable “Laser_Pointing_Anlge” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
52
“Laser_Pointing_Angle” variable cannot be undefined and should be between 0 and 90.
53
Variable “Laser_Pointing_Angle_of_Profiles” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
54
Variable “Laser_Shots” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
55
Found negative or not defined value in “Laser_Shots” array
56
Cannot write intermediate NetCDF file
57
Variables “Pol_Calib_Range_Min” and/or “Pol_Calib_Range_Max” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
58
Invalid values for variables “Pol_Calib_Range_Min” and/or “Pol_Calib_Range_Max” in NetCDF input file
70
Generic NetCDF error
71
Dimension “time” cannot be zero
72
Dimension “channels” cannot be zero
73
Dimension “points” cannot be zero
74
Natural cubic spline interpolation not possible
75
lfit: no parameters to be fitted
76
gaussj: Singular Matrix
77
Not correct type in NetCDF variable definition
78
Not correct number of dimensions in NetCDF variable definition
79
Not correct type in NetCDF global attribute definition
80
Found invalid value of latitude. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
81
Found invalid value of longitude. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
82
Found invalid value of altitude. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
83
Found invalid value of emission wavelength. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
84
Found invalid value of detection wavelength. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
101
Found wrong value for integration time in SCC_DB
102
Overlap file not registered in the database. Please register it and then re-run the SCC
103
Lidarratio file not registered in the database. Please register it and then re-run the SCC
104
Sounding file not registered in the database. Please register it and then re-run the SCC
105
Not all required depolarization calibrations is available in SCC_DB. Please submit at least one depolarizatio calibration measurement for each required calibration and link them to the product to be calibrated
106
Found no valid values for depolarization constant in the SCC_DB
107
Unkown depolarization calibration calculation method
108
No depolarization cross-talk correction factors (G and H) are available in SCC_DB for the depolarization channels. Please submit them
109
Found no valid values for depolarization cross-talk correction factors in the SCC_DB
110
No correction factor (K) for depolarization calibration is available in SCC_DB. Please provide at least one value for correction factor and link it to the product to be calibrated
111
Found no valid values for depolarization constant correction factor in the SCC_DB
112
Unkown depolarization correction factor calculation method
113
Found SCC_DB inconsistencies in the definition of transmitted depolarization channels. Please be sure that all the products containing the reflected depolarization channel includes the corresponding transmitted depolarization channel as well. Check also the signal type and the scattering type are set correctly.
114
Found SCC_DB inconsistencies in the definition of reflected depolarization channels. Please be sure that all the products containing the transmitted depolarization channel includes the corresponding reflected depolarization channel as well. Check also the signal type and the scattering type are set correctly.
115
For one or more polarization calibration parameters you have selected to use the option “Use the most recent available calibration previous to the measurement date”. No calibrations according to this criteria has been found. So please select another calibration options of provide at least one calibration measurements with a date previous to the current measurement date.
121
Dimension “nb_of_time_scales” not found in NetCDF input file
122
Incorrect definition of global attribute “RawData_Start_Date” in NetCDF input file
123
Incorrect definition of global attribute “RawData_Start_Time_UT” in NetCDF input file
124
Incorrect definition of global attribute “RawData_Stop_Time_UT” in NetCDF input file
125
Variables “channel_string_ID” and/or “channel_ID” not found and/or not defined correctly in the NetCDF input file
126
Missing one or more channels in NetCDF input file
127
Found wrong value(s) in variable “Background_Low” end/or “Background_High”
128
Variable “Background_Low” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
129
Variable “Background_High” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
130
Variable “id_timescale” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
131
Variable “Raw_Data_Start_Time” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
132
Variable “Raw_Data_Stop_Time” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
133
Variable “Raw_Lidar_Data” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
134
Found not integer values in photoncounting signal
135
Variable “Molecular_Calc” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
136
Variable “Molecular_Calc” has not valid value
137
Variable “Pressure_at_Lidar_Station” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
138
Variable “Temperature_at_Lidar_Station” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
139
Found wrong value(s) for channel first signal range bin. Please check your SCC channels configuration of the variable “First_Signal_Rangebin” in NetCDF input file
140
Variable “DAQ_Range” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
143
Variable “Raw_Bck_Start_Time” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
144
Variable “Raw_Bck_Stop_Time” not found and/or not defined correctly in NetCDF input file
145
Global attribute “RawBck_Start_Date” not found in NetCDF input file
146
Global attribute “RawBck_Start_Time_UT” not found in NetCDF input file
147
Global attribute “RawBck_Stop_Time_UT” not found in NetCDF input file
148
Found not compatible values of variable “id_timescale”. All the values of “id_timescale” should be less then the dimension “nb_of_time_scales”
150
Global attribute “Sounding_File_Name” not found in NetCDF input file
151
Sounding NetCDF input file not found
152
Dimension “points” not found in Sounding NetCDF input file
153
Global attribute “Sounding_Start_Date” not found in the Sounding NetCDF input file
154
Global attribute “Sounding_Start_Time” not found in the Sounding NetCDF input file
155
Global attribute “Latitude_degrees_north” not found in the Sounding NetCDF input file
156
Global attribute “Longitude_degrees_east” not found in the Sounding NetCDF input file
157
Global attribute “Altitude_meter_asl” not found in the Sounding NetCDF input file
158
Variable “Altitude” not found and/or not defined correctly in the Souding NetCDF input file
159
Variable “Temperature” not found and/or not defined correctly in the Souding NetCDF input file
160
Variable “Pressure” not found and/or not defined correctly in the Souding NetCDF input file
161
Sounding file error: “Altitude” array should contain altitudes in ascendent order (from the lowest point to the highest one)
162
Cannot found variable “LR_Input” within NetCDF input file. This variable is mandatory for elastic backscatter retrievals
163
Found invalid value(s) for Variable “LR_Input”
164
Global attribute “LR_File_Name” not found in NetCDF input file
165
Lidar ratio NetCDF input file not found
166
Dimension “points” not found in lidar ratio NetCDF input file
167
Dimension “products” not found in lidar ratio NetCDF input file
168
Global attribute “Lidar_Station_Name” not found in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file
169
Variable “Altitude” not found and/or not defined correctly in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file
170
Variable “product_ID” not found and/or not defined correctly in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file
171
Variable “Lidar_Ratio” not found and/or not defined correctly in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file
172
Variable “product_id” in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file contains data that are not consistent with the SCC database values
173
Variable “Lidar_Ratio” in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file contains undefined values within the valid altitude range defined by the corresponding product. Please remove them.
174
Lidarratio file error: “Altitude” array should contain altitudes in ascendent order (from the lowest point to the highest one)
175
Overlap NetCDF input file not found
176
Dimension “points” not found in Overlap NetCDF input file
177
Dimension “channels” not found in Overlap NetCDF input file
178
Global attribute “Lidar_Station_Name” not found in the Overlap NetCDF input file
179
Global attribute “Overlap_Measurement_Date” not found in the Overlap NetCDF input file
180
Variable “Altitude” not found and/or not defined correctly in the Overlap NetCDF input file
181
Variable “channel_ID” not found and/or not defined correctly in the Overlap NetCDF input file
182
Variable “Overlap_Function” not found and/or not defined correctly in the Overlap NetCDF input file
183
Overlap file error: “Altitude” array should contain altitudes in ascendent order (from the lowest point to the highest one)
184
Sounding file error: “Temperature” array should contain atmospheric temperature values in degrees Celsius
185
Sounding file error: “Pressure” array should contain atmospheric pressure values in hPa
186
Lidar ratio file error: “Lidar_Ratio” array should contain valid lidar ratio values in sr
187
Overlap file error: “Overlap_Function” array should contain valid overlap correction values
188
Variable “Lidar_Ratio_Error” not defined correctly in the lidar ratio NetCDF input file
189
Dimension “time” is zero in the output file. This may be due to few cloud-free profile within integration time or the integration time is too small. Please check that thare are enought (>2) cloud-free profiles within the integration time in the submitted timeseries
190
Unable to use Poisson statistic in Montecarlo simulation. Found not integer values
191
Found wrong value(s) for “Background_Mode” in NetCDF file or in SCC_DB
192
Found wrong value(s) for variable “Dead_Time_Corr_Type” in NetCDF file or in SCC_DB
193
Cannot apply dead time correction. Please check the dead time value and the your photoncouning raw data
194
Found negative number of counts in lidar data!
195
Found wrong value(s) in variable “Raw_Bck_Start_Time” end/or “Raw_Bck_Stop_Time” and/or in laser repetition rate value
196
Background profiles don”t contain the same number of valid data point of the corresponding lidar profile
197
Cannot calculate errors using Montecarlo simulation within trigger delay correction
198
Linear interpolation not possible
199
Too few cloud-free lidar profiles within the integration time. Please check the integration time is not too small or/and there are enought cloud-free regions in the submitted timeseries
200
Cannot calculate the errors after time integration
201
Found timescales not syncronized
202
Cannot calculate errors using Montecarlo simulation within interpolation routine
203
Gluing between near range and far range signals not possible. No suitable overlap region can found
204
Gluing between near range and far range signals not possible. Poor linear correlation
205
Gluing between near range and far range signals not possible. Too noisy signal(s)
206
Gluing between near range and far range signals not possible. Slope test not passed
207
All the profiles within the submitted timeseries seem contaminated by low clouds. Cannot calculate aerosol optical properties
211
Found wrong value(s) for scattering type id
212
Found wrong value(s) for detection type id
213
Found wrong value(s) for range type id
214
Too few lidar points to calculate atmospheric background. At least 10 lidar rangebins are required within the background subtraction range.
215
Raw time resolution is greater than the selected integration time
216
Gluing between near range and far range signals not possible. Too large difference between signals in gluing point
217
Unkown interpolation type.
218
Found wrong value(s) for signal type id or product channel(s) missing in system channel connections
219
Found range resolution in raw lidar data greater than the value in SCC_DB
220
Error in calculating molecular depolarization ratio
221
Error in getting interferencial filter information for depolarization channels
222
Found too few valid datapoints. Please check the variable “Raw_Lidar_Data” in the raw input file contains at least 15 valid points for all the channels
223
Found not physical values after the interpolation of the sounding file. Try to change the interpolation type (to linear) to fix the problem.
224
Found not physical values after the interpolation of the lidar ratio file. Try to change the interpolation type (to linear) to fix the problem.
225
Found not physical values after the interpolation of the overlap file. Try to change the interpolation type (to linear) to fix the problem.
226
Found incompatible value for the emission wavelength in one or more lidar channels
227
Found not physical values after the interpolation of the model data. Try to change the interpolation type (to linear) to fix the problem.
228
Polarization calibration product and the corresponding product to calibrate refer to different stations!
230
Found invalid value of laser repetition rate. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
231
All negative heights above lidar station in sounding file. Please be sure that the heights above sounding station and the sounding station altitude are reported correctly in the sounding file. Check also that your lidar station altitude is correct.
232
All negative heights above lidar station in GDAS file. This shouldn”t happen! Try to force another model or use standard atmosphere or external sounding.
233
Found invalid value of detection wavelength fwhm. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
234
Found invalid value of range resolution. Check the database value or the value reported in the raw NetCDF input file
235
Cannot open cloud mask NetCDF file
236
Dimension “time” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
237
Dimension “level” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
238
Variable “time” and/or “time_bounds” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
239
Variable “altitude” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
240
Variable “latitude” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
241
Variable “longitude” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
242
Variable “station_altitude” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
243
Variable “automatic_cloud_mask” or “manual_cloud_mask” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
244
No cloud mask found for this measurement id. Please be sure the cloudmaks module ran succesfully
245
Global attribute “measurement_ID” not found or not defined correctly in the cloudmask NetCDF file
246
Cloud mask data not consistent with raw lidar data!
247
Unknown distribution type for MonteCarlo simulation
248
Polarization calibration: found inconsistency between wavelengths to calibrate and calibration wavelengths
249
Error in getting model data from CloudNet
250
It seems your station is not enabled to get model data from CloudNet. So please set Molecular_Calc=0 or 1 in your raw input file.
251
CloudNet model data have been downloaded succesfully but it seems it contains invalid height value (null or negative values).
254
General error (most probably segmentation fault)
255
Timeout