tsgettoolbox_ldas - Quick Guide
The ‘tsgettoolbox_ldas’ is a plugin-in for ‘tsgettoolbox’ that supplies a command line interface and Python library to get time-series data from the California Data Exchange Center (CDEC). The tsgettoolbox_ldas will work with Python and 3.10+.
Documentation
Reference documentation is at tsgettoolbox LDAS API.
Installation
At the command line:
$ pip install tsgettoolbox_ldas OR $ conda install -c conda-forge tsgettoolbox_ldas
Usage Summary - Command Line
Just run ‘tsgettoolbox –help’ to get a list of subcommands. To get detailed help for a particular sub-command, for instance ‘ldas’, type ‘tsgettoolbox ldas –help’.
Sub-command |
Spatial Extent |
Time Extent |
Type |
Time Interval |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ldas (DEPRECATED) |
global |
varies |
grid |
varies |
Land Data Assimilation System |
ldas_gldas_noah |
global |
2000- |
grid 0.25deg |
3H |
GLDAS NOAH hydrology model results |
ldas_gldas_noah_v2_0 |
global |
1948- 2014 |
grid 0.25deg |
3H |
GLDAS NOAH hydrology model |
ldas_gldas_noah_v2_1 |
global |
2000- |
grid 0.25deg |
3H |
GLDAS NOAH hydrology model |
ldas_grace |
NAmeric a |
2002- |
grid 0. 125deg |
7D |
Groundwater and soil moisture from GRACE |
ldas_merra |
global |
1980- |
grid 0.5x 0. 625deg |
H |
MERRA-2 Land surface |
ldas_nldas3_forcing |
NAmeric a |
2001- |
grid 0.01deg |
HDM |
NLDAS3 Weather Forcing A (surface) |
ldas_nldas_fora |
NAmeric a |
1979- |
grid 0. 125deg |
H |
NLDAS Weather Forcing A (surface) |
ldas_nldas_noah |
NAmeric a |
1979- |
grid 0. 125deg |
H |
NLDAS NOAH hydrology model |
ldas_nldas_vic |
NAmeric a |
1979- |
grid 0. 125deg |
H |
NLDAS VIC hydrology model |
ldas_smerge |
global |
1997- |
grid 0. 125deg |
D |
SMERGE-Noah-CCI root zone soil |
Time Interval Code |
Description |
|---|---|
H |
Hourly |
D |
Daily |
M |
Monthly |
Usage Summary - Python Library
To use the tsgettoolbox in a project:
from tsgettoolbox import tsgettoolbox
df = tsgettoolbox.ldas_nldas_fora(
34,
100,
variables="NLDAS_FORA0125_H_2_0_Rainf",
startDate="2001-01-01T00",
endDate="2001-02-02T00",
)
print(df.head())
Refer to the API Documentation at tsgettoolbox LDAS API.
Usage Summary - Command Line
- tsgettoolbox ldas_nldas_fora
–34 –100 –variables=”NLDAS_FORA0125_H_2_0_Rainf” –startDate=”2001-01-01T00” –endDate=”2001-02-02T00” > output.csv
Refer to the command line documentation at tsgettoolbox LDAS API.
Development
Development is managed on bitbucket or github. https://bitbucket.org/timcera/tsgettoolbox_ldas/overview. https://github.com/timcera/tsgettoolbox_ldas
1 maintainer
Metadata
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