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Scikit Data Access Package for accessing scientific data sets.

Project description

Scikit Data Access

  • Import scientific data from various sources through one easy Python API.
  • Use iterator patterns for each data source (configurable data generators + functions to get next data chunk).
  • Skip parser programming and file format handling.
  • Enjoy a common namespace for all data and unleash the power of data fusion.
  • Handle data distribution in different modes: (1) local download, (2) caching of accessed data, or (3) online stream access
  • Easily pull data on cloud servers through Python scripts and facilitate large-scale parallel processing.
  • Build on an extensible plattform: Adding access to a new data source only requires addition of its "DataFetcher.py".
  • Open source (MIT License)

Scikit Data Access Overview

Supported data sets (for updates, follow https://twitter.com/scikit_data)

Namespace Description Preview Data Source
astro.kepler Light curves for stars imaged by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope Preview https://keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov
astro.voyager Data from the Voyager mission Preview https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
geo.era_interim Era-Interim data at different pressure values from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts accessed through the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Preview https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds627.0/
geo.gldas Land hydrology model produced by NASA. This version of the data is generated to match the GRACE temporal and spatial characteristics and is available as a complementary data product Preview https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/land-water-content
geo.grace NASA GRACE Tellus Monthly Mass Grids. 30-day measurements of changes in Earth’s gravity field to quantify equivalent water thickness Preview https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-land
geo.grace.mascon NASA GRACE Tellus Monthly Mass Grids - Global Mascons. 30-day measurements of changes in Earth’s gravity field to quantify equivalent water thickness Preview https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons
geo.groundwater United States groundwater monitoring wells measuring the depth to water level Preview https://waterservices.usgs.gov
geo.magnetometer Data collected at magnetic observatories operated by the U.S. Geological Survey Preview https://geomag.usgs.gov
geo.mahali.rinex Rinex files from the MIT led NSF project studying the Earth’s ionosphere with GPS Preview http://mahali.mit.edu
geo.mahali.tec Total Electron Content from the MIT led NSF project studying the Earth’s ionosphere with GPS Preview http://mahali.mit.edu
geo.mahali.temperature                                          Temperature data from the MIT led NSF project studying the Earth’s ionosphere with GPS Preview http://mahali.mit.edu
geo.modis Spectroradiometer aboard the NASA Terra and Aqua image satellites. Generates approximately daily images of the Earth’s surface Preview https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov
geo.pbo EarthScope - Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO): Daily GPS displacement time series measurements throughout the United States Preview http://www.unavco.org/projects/major-projects/pbo/pbo.html
geo.sentinel_1 Sentinel-1 TOPSAR data from the European Space Agency retrieved from the Alaska Satellite Facility Preview https://www.asf.alaska.edu/
geo.srtm Elevation data at a one arc second resolution from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTMGL1) Preview https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/measures/measures_products_table/srtmgl1_v003
geo.uavsar UAVSAR SLC data from JPL Preview https://uavsar.jpl.nasa.gov/
geo.wyoming_sounding Sounding data from the University of Wyoming Preview http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
planetary.ode Planetary data from PDS Geosciences Node's Orbital Data Explorer Preview http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/default.htm
solar.sdo Images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory Preview https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Install

pip install scikit-dataaccess

Documentation

Contributors

Project lead: Victor Pankratius (MIT)
Contributors: Cody M. Rude, Justin D. Li, David M. Blair, Michael G. Gowanlock, Guillaume Rongier, Victor Pankratius

New contributors welcome! Contact to contribute and add interface code for your own datasets :smile:

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge support from NASA AIST14-NNX15AG84G, NASA AIST16-80NSSC17K0125, NSF ACI-1442997, and NSF AGS-1343967.

Examples

Code examples (Jupyter notebooks) for all datasets listed above are available at: /skdaccess/examples

Scikit Data Access Overview

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