metview 0.8.4

Metview Python API.

Python interface to Metview meteorological workstation and batch system. See documentation at https://software.ecmwf.int/metview/Metview’s+Python+Interface

Warning

This is Alpha software.

Requirements

• A working Metview 5 installation (at least version 5.0.3), either from binaries or built from source. See https://software.ecmwf.int/metview/Releases

  • An alternative is to build from the Metview Source Bundle. See https://software.ecmwf.int/metview/The+Metview+Source+Bundle

• Ensure that the command ‘metview’ will run this version by setting your PATH to include the ‘bin’ directory from where you built or installed it if it’s not in a default location.

• A Python 3 interpreter (ideally version >= 3.5)

Install

The package is installed from PyPI with:

$ pip install metview

Test

To test that your system is properly setup open a Python 3 interpreter and try:

>>> import metview as mv
>>> mv.lowercase('Hello World!')
'hello world!'

License

Copyright 2017-2018 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.