pyrad.io.retrieve_fzl

pyrad.io.retrieve_fzl(station, dtime, dscfg=None, source='IGRA')

Get an estimation of the freezing level height either the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA), University of Wyoming archive or the MCH digital warehouse (DWH)

Parameters:

• station – str Radiosounding station 5 digits WMO code (e.g., “72776”).

• dtime – datetime.datetime Datetime object specifying the desired date and time.

• dscfg – dictionary of dictionaries, Optional If provided will try to read the fzl from the pyrad config dictionary instead of fetching it from IGRA

• source – str either ‘IGRA’, “WYOMING” or ‘MCH’

Returns:

fzl –

float

Interpolated freezing level height (a.s.l)