ncas-amof-netcdf-template 2.1.0

Package to create NCAS AMOF netCDF files.

ncas-amof-netcdf-template

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

A full description on how to install and use this module can be found through the documentation.

Requirements

• Python 3.7 or above
• Python modules:
  • netCDF4
  • NumPy
  • Requests
  • pandas

Installation

Releases of ncas-amof-netcdf-template can be installed using conda,

conda install -c conda-forge ncas-amof-netcdf-template

or by using pip,

pip install ncas-amof-netcdf-template

or releases can be downloaded from GitHub and installed using

pip install .

Usage

A fuller description of how to use this module can be found in the documentation.

import ncas_amof_netcdf_template as nant
nant.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.
• verbose - additional level of information and warnings to print. Only 1 additional layer of warnings are currently available.

All products associated with an instrument can be printed by

import ncas_amof_netcdf_template as nant
nant.create_netcdf.list_products(instrument)

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