rda_python_icoads
RDA Python package to manage RDA ICOADS datasets.
Prerequisite
To dynamically generate a PDF readme fitting for each data subset, the Linux
commandline utility wkhtmltopdf must be installed. See
https://wkhtmltopdf.org/index.html for download and install instructions.
Programs
The package installs the following command-line utilities, all running as the current user:
imma1_subset— generate IMMA1-format ICOADS subset deliveriesmsg3_subset— generate MSG-format ICOADS R3 subsetsmsg_download— download MSG ICOADS source filescheckicoads— check ICOADS archive integritycleanicoads— clean up stale ICOADS filescounticoads,countattm,countattmvar,countsst— record/attribute countersfillicoads,fillinventory,fillitable,fillmonth— populate ICOADS DB tablesfixiidx— fix ICOADS indicesmaxsst— compute maximum SST valueswriteicoads— write ICOADS records
Run any program with no arguments to print its usage details.
Environment setup
Create a Python environment first; package installs in the next section run inside whichever environment you activate here.
Option A — Python venv (DECS machines)
python3 -m venv $ENVHOME # e.g. /glade/u/home/gdexdata/gdexmsenv
source $ENVHOME/bin/activate
Option B — Conda (DAV/Casper)
conda create --prefix $ENVHOME python=3.12 # e.g. /glade/work/gdexdata/conda-envs/pg-gdex
conda activate $ENVHOME
Installing rda-python-icoads
Pick whichever install mode fits your workflow. All variants pull in the
transitive dependency (rda_python_common) automatically.
For local development, clone this repo alongside your project and install it in editable mode so that changes are picked up without re-installing:
git clone https://github.com/NCAR/rda-python-icoads.git
cd rda-python-icoads
pip install -e .
To test a specific branch (e.g. an in-progress feature or fix branch), pass
-b/--branch to git clone:
git clone -b <branch-name> https://github.com/NCAR/rda-python-icoads.git
cd rda-python-icoads
pip install -e .
For a regular (non-editable) install from a checkout:
pip install /path/to/rda-python-icoads
For a production install on a system that uses the published distribution:
pip install rda_python_icoads
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