bsod2

BSoD2 (BalloonScope on Deck 2) is a command line interface and Python package for reading, processing, and plotting radiosonde data.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Command Line Interface
  • Python module
    • Basic Sondeset construction and methods
    • Accessors for individual data items
    • Get Number of profiles
    • Save as CSV
    • Altitude or pressure interpolation
    • Interpolated and combined xarray.Dataset
    • plot emagram
  • Sample data and scripts
  • License

Installation

This package can be installed from PyPI.

pip install bsod2

Usage

The only functionality provided by this package is the bsod2.Sondeset class, which retrieves radiosonde data ,performs quality control and plot a emagram.
A simple usage guide in Japanese is available on Qiita: (bsod2 ラジオゾンデ観測データ品質管理ツール).

Command Line Interface

bsod2 commannd performs on quality control.

$ bsod2 ./sample/Seisuimaru2407/raw_data ./output
 25%|███████              2/8 [00:01<00:03,  1.78it/s]

The first positional argument specifies the path to the input data file or directory.
The second one specifies the path to the output directory.
For more information, run: bsod2 --help

Python module

Basic Sondeset construction and methods

Initialize the class with the file path to the raw data.

from pathlib import Path
from bsod2 import Sondeset

ss = Sondeset(Path("Seisuimaru2407/raw_data/F2024061806S1101771.CSV"))
print(ss)
>>> N=1, sonde_no=["1101771"]

If a directory path is given, all sonde data files (F*S*.CSV) in that directory are loaded.

ss = Sondeset(Path("Seisuimaru2407/raw_data"))
print(ss)
>>> N=8, sonde_no=["1101771", "1101323", "1101386", "1101322", "1101327", "1101772", "1101388", "1101326"]

Individual data items can be accessed by indexing.

print(ss[0])
>>> Sonde(sonde_no=1101771, launch_time=2024-06-18 06:01:42, product_name=iMS-100 , num_records=4174)

Accessors for individual data items

The following accessors can be used to access individual data items.
Most accessors return values with metpy.units.units attached.

Get Number of profiles

len function can be used to get number of profiles contained in Sondeset.

len(ss)
>>> 8

Save as CSV

Save the quality-controlled DataFrame as a CSV file to the specified file path using the save_df method.

ss[0].save_df(Path("output.csv"))

Altitude or pressure interpolation

Interpolate linearly onto an evenly spaced grid in pressure("p") or altitude("z") using the interp argument.

ss = Sondeset(DIR_PATH,interp="p")

By default, the interpolated pressure axis ranges from 50 to 1,100 hPa at 1 hPa intervals, or the height axis ranges from 0 m to 20,000 m at 10 m intervals.
Values outside the original data range are filled with NaN. The range and resolution of the interpolation axes can be specified using the following arguments.

Interpolated and combined xarray.Dataset

Sondeset.ds provides access to an xarray.Dataset containing interpolated and combined radiosonde data.

ss = Sondeset(Path("Seisuimaru2407/raw_data", interp="z"))
print(ss.ds)
>>> 
xarray.Dataset> Size: 785kB
Dimensions:      (n: 8, z: 2001)
Coordinates:
  * n            (n) <U7 224B '1101771' '1101323' ... '1101388' '1101326'
  * z            (z) float64 16kB 0.0 10.0 20.0 ... 1.998e+04 1.999e+04 2e+04
Data variables:
    p            (n, z) float64 128kB nan 1.007e+03 1.005e+03 ... nan nan nan
    tmp          (n, z) float64 128kB nan 18.76 18.93 19.0 ... nan nan nan nan
    wd           (n, z) float64 128kB nan 270.4 252.9 250.7 ... nan nan nan nan
    ws           (n, z) float64 128kB nan 2.426 2.09 2.16 ... nan nan nan nan
    rh           (n, z) float64 128kB nan 89.21 89.78 90.21 ... nan nan nan nan
    launch_time  (n) datetime64[us] 64B 2024-06-18T06:01:42 ... 2024-06-18T14...
    time         (n, z) datetime64[ns] 128kB 2024-06-18T06:01:42 ... 2024-06-...

plot emagram

plot_emagram is a method for plotting a temperature emagram.

ss[0].plot_emagram(save_dir=Path("./"))

Sample data and scripts

Sample data was observed in Seisui-maru 2407 cruise (2024年度　三重大学　陸海空・環境科学実習).

See sample/sample.md for sample scripts.

License

This project is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3).
See the LICENSE file for details.