CIMSS ADT Observations#
Read Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) derived observations.
- obsio.cimss_adt_read.read_cimssadt_history(filepath, scene_exclude=None, fix_exclude=None, atcf_format=False)[source]#
DESCRIPTION:
This function reads a CIMSS ADT history formatted file and returns a Python SimpleNamespace object containing the relevant observation attributes.
- Parameters:
- filepath:
str A Python string specifying the file path for the CIMSS ADT history formatted file.
- filepath:
- Keywords:
- scene_exclude:
List, optional A Python list containing SCENE TYPE observation attributes to be excluded from the ADT observation collection.
- fix_exclude:
List, optional A Python list containing FIX MTHD observation attributes to be excluded from the ADT observation collection.
- atcf_format:
bool, optional A Python boolean valued variable specifying whether to format the CIMSS ADT observation attributes for downstream ATCF record creation.
- scene_exclude:
- Returns:
- adtobs_obj:
SimpleNamespace A Python SimpleNamespace object containing the relevant CIMSS ADT observation attributes.
- adtobs_obj:
- Return type:
SimpleNamespace