pyrad.proc.process_weighted_time_avg#

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

computes the temporal mean of a field weighted by the reflectivity

Parameters:

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

dscfg (dictionary of dictionaries) –

data set configuration. Accepted Configuration Keywords:

datatype : list of string. Dataset keyword
    Arbitrary data type supported by pyrad and contained in the radar data, as well as
    "dBZ" or "dBZc" or "dBuZ" or "dBZv" or "dBZvc" or "dBuZv" (refl. weighting)
period : float. Dataset keyword
    the period to average [s]. Default 3600.
start_average : float. Dataset keyword
    when to start the average [s from midnight UTC]. Default 0.

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

Returns:

new_dataset (dict) – dictionary containing the statistic computed on the input field
ind_rad (int) – radar index