linketurbidity

A python library that simplifies the access to the linke turbidity index.

Requirements

If you want to use this library on any GNU/Linux or OSX system you just need to execute:

$ pip install linketurbidity

If you want to improve this library, you should download the github repository and execute:

$ make deploy

On Ubuntu Desktop there are some other libraries not installed by default (zlibc libbz2-dev) which may need to be installed to use these library. Use the next command to automate the installation of the additional C libraries:

$ make ubuntu deploy

Testing

To test all the project you should use the command:

$ make test

If you want to help us or report an issue join to us through the GitHub issue tracker.

Example

There are 3 methods to obtain the linke turbidity matrix:

1. obtain
2. obtain_to
3. persist

The obtain method needs a datetime object:

    from linketurbidity import instrument
    from datetime import datetime

    linke_matrix = instrument.obtain(datetime(2014, 11, 10))

Next, the obtain_to method needs a standard NOAA CLASS netcdf filename to parse:

    from linketurbidity import instrument
    from datetime import datetime

    linke_matrix = instrument.obtain_to('data/goes13.2014.124.123422.BAND_01.nc')

Last, the persist method needs a standard NOAA CLASS netcdf filename to save the variables:

    from linketurbidity import instrument
    from datetime import datetime
    from netcdf import netcdf as nc

    instrument.persist('data/goes13.2014.124.123422.BAND_01.nc')
    with nc.loader('data/goes13.2014.124.123422.BAND_01.nc') as root:
        print nc.getvar(root, 'linke')[:]

About

This software is developed by GERSolar. You can contact us to gersolar.dev@gmail.com.