[BUG/ISSUE]: HEMCO WARNING: Diagnostics counter is zero - return empty array

[ZitelyTzompa]

Describe the bug

When running HEMCO standalone to read hourly emissions, I am getting a warning exactly in the first hour of each month (e.g. 2011-02-01 00:00:00) in HEMCO.log. Is there a way to skip these specific hours?

To Reproduce

I modified HEMCO_sa_Config.rc and HEMCO_Config.rc. Then I run HEMCO as explained below.

Run commands

1. ./runHEMCO.sh > run.log

Expected behavior

Files with mean-monthly emissions should be produced. However, the emission files are full of zeros.

Error messages

HEMCO WARNING: Diagnostics counter is zero - return empty array: EmisSO2_Anthro
--> LOCATION: DiagnCont_PrepareOutput (hco_diagn_mod.F90)

Required information

Please include the following:

• HEMCO standalone v2.2.0
  Branch: master
  Commit: Restore fix to hcoio_read_std_mod.F to exit search only if a field is to be interpolated and isn't discontinuous
  Date: Fri Jun 5 10:12:57 2020 -0400

Input and log files to attach

HEMCO_Config_ek_rwc.rc.txt
HEMCO_sa_Config.rc.txt
run.log.rwc.txt
HEMCO.log.rwc.txt

[ZitelyTzompa]

Hi HEMCO support team,
I was wondering if you have time to take a look at this problem.
Thanks,
Zitely

[lizziel]

Hi @Zitely, could you also include your HEMCO_Diagn.rc file? This is the config file that specifies what HEMCO container should be output per diagnostic name. I wonder if the specification of category 2 in your HEMCO_Config_ek_rwc.rc file is not matching up with what is in HEMCO_Diagn.rc. Typically we use category 1 for anthropogenic emissions.

[ZitelyTzompa]

Hi @lizziel, thanks so much for your response. You were right! The category in HEMCO_Config did not match the one in HEMCO_Diagn. I changed it in the latter file and worked out perfectly.

Thanks again!!
Zitely