pyart.aux_io.read_rainbow_psr#

pyart.aux_io.read_rainbow_psr(filename, filenames_psr, field_names=None, additional_metadata=None, file_field_names=False, exclude_fields=None, include_fields=None, undo_txcorr=True, cpi='mean', ang_tol=0.5, azi_min=None, azi_max=None, ele_min=None, ele_max=None, rng_min=None, rng_max=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Read a PSR file.

Parameters:

  • filename (str) – Name of the rainbow file to be used as reference.

  • filenames_psr (list of str) – Name of the PSR files

  • field_names (dict, optional) – Dictionary mapping RAINBOW field names to radar field names. If a data type found in the file does not appear in this dictionary or has a value of None it will not be placed in the radar.fields dictionary. A value of None, the default, will use the mapping defined in the Py-ART configuration file.

  • additional_metadata (dict of dicts, optional) – Dictionary of dictionaries to retrieve metadata during this read. This metadata is not used during any successive file reads unless explicitly included. A value of None, the default, will not introduct any addition metadata and the file specific or default metadata as specified by the Py-ART configuration file will be used.

  • file_field_names (bool, optional) – True to use the MDV data type names for the field names. If this case the field_names parameter is ignored. The field dictionary will likely only have a ‘data’ key, unless the fields are defined in additional_metadata.

  • exclude_fields (list or None, optional) – List of fields to exclude from the radar object. This is applied after the file_field_names and field_names parameters. Set to None to include all fields specified by include_fields.

  • include_fields (list or None, optional) – List of fields to include from the radar object. This is applied after the file_field_names and field_names parameters. Set to None to include all fields not specified by exclude_fields.

  • undo_txcorr (Bool) – If True the correction of the transmitted power is removed from the noise signal

  • cpi (str) – The CPI to use. Can be ‘low_prf’, ‘intermediate_prf’, ‘high_prf’, ‘mean’, ‘all’. If ‘mean’ the mean within the angle step is taken

  • ang_tol (float) – Tolerated angle distance between nominal radar angle and angle in PSR files

  • azi_min, azi_max, ele_min, ele_max (float or None) – The minimum and maximum angles to keep (deg)

  • rng_min, rng_max (float or None) – The minimum and maximum ranges to keep (m)

Returns:

radar (Radar) – Radar object containing data from PSR file.