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.

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.

Returns:
adtobs_obj: SimpleNamespace

A Python SimpleNamespace object containing the relevant CIMSS ADT observation attributes.

Return type:

SimpleNamespace