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Scikit Data Access
  • Import scientific data from various sources through one easy Python API.

  • Use iterator patterns for each data source (configurable data generators + functions to get next data chunk).

  • Skip parser programming and file format handling.

  • Enjoy a common namespace for all data and unleash the power of data fusion.

  • Handle data distribution in different modes: (1) local download, (2) caching of accessed data, or (3) online stream access

  • Easily pull data on cloud servers through Python scripts and facilitate large-scale parallel processing.

  • Build on an extensible plattform: Adding access to a new data source only requires addition of its “DataFetcher.py”.

  • Open source (MIT License)

Scikit Data Access Overview

Supported data sets (For updates, follow https://twitter.com/scikit_data and https://twitter.com/mithaystack)

Namespace

Description

Preview

Data Source

astro_icon astro.kepler

nasa_logo Light curves for stars imaged by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope

kepler_preview

https://keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov

astro_icon astro.voyager

nasa_logo Data from the Voyager mission

voyager_preview

https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov

geo_icon geo.groundwater

usgs_logo United States groundwater monitoring wells measuring the depth to water level

groundwater_preview

https://waterservices.usgs.gov

geo_icon geo.pbo

unavaco_logo EarthScope - Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO): Daily GPS displacement time series measurements throughout the United States

pbo_preview

http://www.unavco.org/projects/major-projects/pbo/pbo.html

geo_icon geo.grace

nasa_logo NASA GRACE Tellus Monthly Mass Grids. 30-day measurements of changes in Earth’s gravity field to quantify equivalent water thickness

grace_preview

https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-land

geo_icon geo.gldas

nasa_logo Land hydrology model produced by NASA. This version of the data is generated to match the GRACE temporal and spatial characteristics and is available as a complementary data product

gldas_preview

https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/land-water-content

geo_icon geo.modis

nasa_logo Spectroradiometer aboard the NASA Terra and Aqua image satellites. Generates approximately daily images of the Earth’s surface

modis_preview

https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov

geo_icon geo.magnetometer

usgs_logo Data collected at magnetic observatories operated by the U.S. Geological Survey

magnetometer_preview

https://geomag.usgs.gov

geo_icon geo.mahali.rinex

mit_logo nsf_logo Rinex files from the MIT led NSF project studying the Earth’s ionosphere with GPS

mahali_rinex_preview

http://mahali.mit.edu

geo_icon geo.mahali.tec

mit_logo nsf_logo Total Electron Content from the MIT led NSF project studying the Earth’s ionosphere with GPS

mahali_tec_preview

http://mahali.mit.edu

geo_icon geo.mahali.temperature

mit_logo nsf_logo Temperature data from the MIT led NSF project studying the Earth’s ionosphere with GPS

mahali_temperature_preview

http://mahali.mit.edu

solar_icon solar.sdo

nasa_logo Images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory

sdo_preview

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov

Install

pip install scikit-dataaccess

Documentation

Contributors

Contributors: Cody M. Rude, Justin D. Li, David M. Blair, Michael G. Gowanlock, Victor Pankratius

New contributors welcome! Contact skdaccess_contact to contribute and add interface code for your own datasets 😄

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge support from NASA AIST14-NNX15AG84G, NASA AIST16-80NSSC17K0125, NSF ACI-1442997, and NSF AGS-1343967.

Examples

Code examples (Jupyter notebooks) for all datasets listed above are available at: /skdaccess/examples

Scikit Data Access Overview

Metadata

Release files for scikit-dataaccess 1.9.8

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

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