uataq.sodar.Sodar#

class uataq.sodar.Sodar(SID, mesowest_dir=None)[source]#

Horel group SODAR wind profiler.

Parameters:

SID (str) – Station identifier, e.g. "USDR1" (case-insensitive).
mesowest_dir (str | None) – MesoWest data directory containing sodar_data/hdf5archive. Defaults to uataq.filesystem.groupspaces.horel.MESOWEST_DIR.

Variables:

SID (str) – Upper-case station identifier.
sodar_dir (str) – {mesowest_dir}/sodar_data.
archive_dir (str) – {mesowest_dir}/sodar_data/hdf5archive.
metafile (str) – Path to the station’s metadata log.
meta (pandas.DataFrame) – Station metadata log (location, name, changes).
variables (pandas.DataFrame) – Variable metadata indexed by SHORTNAME; the MULT column holds the integer scale factor applied in parse().

Raises:

FileNotFoundError – If the archive directory or the station’s metadata log does not exist.

__init__(SID, mesowest_dir=None)[source]#: Initialize the Sodar and read the station’s metadata log.

Attributes

`model`	Model name, as in an instrument's `model` (SODAR is not configured).
`species_measured`	What the SODAR measures.

Methods

`get_files`([lvl, time_range])	List archived SODAR HDF5 files for this station within a time range.
`get_winds_at_height`(data, height)	Extract wind direction and speed at a given height.
`parse`(file, variables)	Parse a single SODAR HDF5 file into an xarray Dataset.
`read_data`([lvl, time_range, num_processes])	Read and combine SODAR profiles over a time range.