https://github.com/kinow/pccora

PC-CORA parser for Python
https://github.com/kinow/pccora

atmosphere pccora radiosonde sounding-file vaisala

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PC-CORA parser for Python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kinow/pccora
• Owner: kinow
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-12-04T10:41:54.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-11-21T00:23:27.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-11T16:57:30.797Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: atmosphere, pccora, radiosonde, sounding-file, vaisala
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/pccora/
• Size: 236 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.rst
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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PCCORA

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PC-CORA parser for Python. Supports the format described at ``_ (accessed at 2015-12-05).

This format is used for `radiosonde data `_.

    A radiosonde (Sonde is French and German for probe) is a battery-powered telemetry instrument package carried into the atmosphere usually by a weather balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters and transmits them by radio to a ground receiver. (Wikipedia)

This format is produced by old `Vaisala `_ equipments. Newer data is probably available in the NetCDF.

History

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I was asked by a co-worker to look at some Python code with a PC-CORA parser.

This co-worker also needed further analysis and processing, involving some

data being created as CSV, netCDF, or plotted.

I decided to write a module for PC-CORA inspired by the

`original script `_,

but using Python3, OO, and packaging as a Python package to be distributed

to the `PYPI `_.

This way we could use it in scripts, or other internal applications. And it

would also be easier for others to find it and re-use.

The code in this repository was used on a `Doctoral Thesis

`_ published in 2018,

about radiosonde, GCOS, radio occultation, and weather prediction.

Example

-------

    >>> from pccora import PCCORAParser

    >>> pccora_parser = PCCORAParser()

    >>> pccora_parser.parse_file('./123456789.EDT')

    >>> print(pccora_parser.get_header())

    >>> print(pccora_parser.get_identification())

    >>> print(pccora_parser.get_data())

Obtaining Data

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There are datasets available at the `CEDA website

`_ (Centre for Environmental Data Archival),

however, access is restricted.

`NOAA's ESRL `_ (Earth System Research Laboratory)

has an FTP server with some data in the the old PC-CORA sounding data format.

Just search for FTP for instructions on how to access the Physical Sciences

Division FTP server. Some valid files can be found at

`/psd3/cruises/AERO_1999/RHB/balloon/Raw` (accessed 2016-01-17).

Requirements

------------

Python 3.6 or superior, and the `construct library

`_ are the minimum requirements.

Installation

------------

    pip install pccora

Or, to use the bleeding edge version, git clone this repository, and have a

look at the scripts folders for an example how to use the module from

within a local folder. You may have to uninstall the pip module first.

    python setup.py install

The PYPI URL is ``_.

License

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Licensed under the MIT License.