ncas-amof-netcdf-template 2.0a0

Package to create NCAS AMOF netCDF files.

ncas-amof-netcdf-template

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ!

This branch is a development version, and while it should be installable with pip and work as intended there are no guarantees.

For a stable version, please switch to the main branch or download the latest release version.

Carry on...

Makes 'just-add-data' AMOF-compliant netCDF4 file.

NOTE 1: Check out the wiki, it's much bettter than what's written here.

NOTE 2: Works, but still work in progress, bugs may well be present. Please report an issue with any problems discovered.

Usage

Python

import create_netcdf
create_netcdf.main(instrument, date = None, dimension_lengths = {}, loc = 'land', products = None)

where:

• instrument - name of NCAS instrument, e.g. "ncas-ceilometer-3"
• date - date for data, YYYYmmdd format, default to today's date. Optional.
• dimension_lengths - dictionary of lengths of dimensions, e.g. {'time':96, 'altitude':45}. If length for required dimensions are not given, then python will ask for user input, default empty. Optional.
• loc - one of 'land', 'air', 'sea', or 'trajectory', default is 'land'. Optional.
• products - applicable products of desired NCAS instrument to make netCDF for. Setting products as None (default) makes netCDF file for all available products. Optional.

All products associated with an instrument can be printed by

import create_netcdf
create_netcdf.list_products(instrument)

where instrument is replaced with the name of the NCAS instrument.

Command Line

python create_netcdf.py ncas-instrument

will make a netCDF file for every applicable product for ncas-instrument, where ncas-instrument is replaced with the name of an NCAS instrument. Products can be listed with the by executing

python create_netcdf.py ncas-instrument --list-products

and individual products can be specified using the -p flag. For all available options, python create_netcdf.py --help