pyart.aux_io.read_swissbirdradar_spectra#

pyart.aux_io.read_swissbirdradar_spectra(filename, field_names=None, additional_metadata=None, file_field_names=None, exclude_fields=None, include_fields=None, latitude=None, longitude=None, altitude=None)[source]#

Read a spectrum file from SwissBirdRadar.

Parameters:

  • filename (str) – Name of the SwissBirdRadar file to read.

  • field_names (dict, optional) – Dictionary mapping SwissBirdRadar 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 from 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.

  • latitude (float, optional) – Latitude of the Swissbirdradar in degrees

  • longitude (float, optional) – Longitude of the Swissbirdradar in degrees

  • Altitude (float, optional) – Altitude above mean sea level of the Swissbirdradar in meters

Returns:

spectra (Spectra) – Spectra object containing data from the SwissBirdRadar file.