pyrad.proc.process_rqvp#

pyrad.proc.process_rqvp(procstatus, dscfg, radar_list=None)[source]#

Computes range defined quasi vertical profiles, by averaging over height levels PPI data.

Parameters:

procstatus (int) – Processing status: 0 initializing, 1 processing volume, 2 post-processing

dscfg (dictionary of dictionaries) –

data set configuration. Accepted Configuration Keywords:

datatype : string. Dataset keyword
    The data type where we want to extract the point measurement
hmax : float
    The maximum height to plot [m]. Default 10000.
hres : float
    The height resolution [m]. Default 2.
avg_type : str
    The type of averaging to perform. Can be either "mean" or "median"
    Default "mean"
nvalid_min : int
    Minimum number of valid points to accept average. Default 30.
interp_kind : str
    type of interpolation when projecting to vertical grid: 'none',
    or 'nearest', etc. Default 'nearest'
    'none' will select from all data points within the regular grid
    height bin the closest to the center of the bin.
    'nearest' will select the closest data point to the center of the
    height bin regardless if it is within the height bin or not.
    Data points can be masked values
    If another type of interpolation is selected masked values will be
    eliminated from the data points before the interpolation
rmax : float
    ground range up to which the data is intended for use [m].
    Default 50000.
weight_power : float
    Power p of the weighting function 1/abs(grng-(rmax-1))**p given to
    the data outside the desired range. -1 will set the weight to 0.
    Default 2.

radar_list (list of Radar objects) – Optional. list of radar objects

Returns:

new_dataset (dict) – dictionary containing the QVP and a keyboard stating whether the processing has finished or not.
ind_rad (int) – radar index
Reference
———
Tobin D.M., Kumjian M.R. 2017 (Polarimetric Radar and Surface-Based)
Precipitation-Type Observations of ice Pellet to Freezing Rain
Transitions. Weather and Forecasting vol. 32 pp 2065-2082