https://github.com/ajberkley/surface_client

https://github.com/ajberkley/surface_client

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ajberkley/surface_client
• Owner: ajberkley
• Created: 2019-10-14T19:07:46.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-08T06:46:12.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-15T10:12:38.507Z (21 days ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 13.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# surface_client

A Python client to interface with surface.canadarasp.com which serves archived HRDPS surface data.

# Downloading from git:

git clone https://github.com/ajberkley/surface_client.git

# Installation on UNIX

To install on a unix machine:

```

# Make sure you have python 3.7 installed

sudo apt-get install python3.7  # Ubuntu

sudo dnf install python37 # Fedora 

```

Then

```

cd surface_client

virtualenv -p `which python3.7` env # or python3.7 -m venv env

source env/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

```

# Installation on Windows

For windows: Install python 3.7.  Start a command shell and navigate to where you have

downloaded or installed the surface_client code, then type the following:

```

pip install virtualenv

virtualenv env

env\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

python surface_client.py

```

# Usage

To get a list of options:

```python surface_client.py -h```

Getting one variable at a single point over a time sequence

```python surface_client.py -lon -122.0 -lat 48.0 -start 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z -end 2019-12-23T01:00:00Z -var sfc_temp```

Getting one variable at a single point over a time sequence, specifying time in PST:

```python surface_client.py -lon -122.0 -lat 48.0 -start 2019-12-23T07:00:00-07:00 -end 2019-12-23T08:00:00-07:00 -var sfc_temp```

Getting a variable across a rectangular region over a time sequence:

```python surface_client.py -lon -122.0 -lat 48.0 -lon2 -122.01 -lat2 48.1 -start 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z -end 2019-12-23T01:00:00Z -var wind```

To have the output timestamps converted from UTC time to local time:

```python surface_client.py --localtime -lon -122.0 -lat 48.0 -lon2 -122.01 -lat2 48.1 -start 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z -end 2019-12-23T01:00:00Z -var wind```

To output to a file:

```python surface_client.py --localtime -lon -122.0 -lat 48.0 -lon2 -122.01 -lat2 48.1 -start 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z -end 2019-12-23T01:00:00Z -var wind -output output.csv```