Data Sources

Local Module

local.load_file(file_path, variable_name)

Load netCDF file, get the all variables name and get the data.

Parameters:

• file_path (String) – NetCDF directory with file name
• variable_name (String) – The given (by user) value variable name

Returns:

An OCW Dataset object containing the requested parameter data.

Return type:

ocw.dataset.Dataset object

Raises:

ValueError

RCMED Module

Classes:

RCMED - A class for retrieving data from Regional Climate Model Evalutaion Database (JPL).

rcmed.get_parameters_metadata()

Get the metadata of all parameter from RCMED.

Returns:Dictionary of information for each parameter stored in one list Return type:List of dictionaries

rcmed.parameter_dataset(dataset_id, parameter_id, min_lat, max_lat, min_lon, max_lon, start_time, end_time)

Get data from one database(parameter).

Parameters:

• dataset_id (Integer) – Dataset id.
• parameter_id (Integer) – Parameter id
• min_lat (Float) – Minimum latitude
• max_lat (Float) – Maximum latitude
• min_lon (Float) – Minimum longitude
• max_lon (Float) – Maximum longitude
• start_time (Datetime) – Start time
• end_time (Datetime) – End time

Returns:

An OCW Dataset object contained the requested data from RCMED.

Return type:

ocw.dataset.Dataset object

DAP Module

dap.load(url, variable)

Load a Dataset from an OpenDAP URL

Parameters:

• url (String) – The OpenDAP URL for the dataset of interest.
• variable (String) – The name of the variable to read from the dataset.

Returns:

A Dataset object containing the dataset pointed to by the OpenDAP URL.

Raises:

ServerError