PC-CORA sounding data files parser for Python
Project description
PC-CORA parser for Python. Supports the format described here https://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ukmo-rad-hires/pc-coradata.html (2015-12-05).
This format is used for [radiosonde data](https://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ukmo-rad-hires/). According to Wikipedia,
“A radiosonde (Sonde is French and German for probe) is a battery-powered telemetry instrument package carried into the atmosphere usually by a weather balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters and transmits them by radio to a ground receiver.”
History
I was asked by a co-worker to look at some Python code with a PC-CORA parser. However, he also needed some further work on finding these files and outputting the contents as CSV. Decided to write a module for PC-CORA inspiredby the original script [1], using Python3, OO and packing as a Python package to be distributed to the PYPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>.
Example
>>> from pccora import PCCORAParser
>>> pccora_parser = PCCORAParser()
>>> pccora_parser.parse_file('./123456789.EDT')
>>> print(pccora_parser.get_header())
>>> print(pccora_parser.get_identification())
>>> print(pccora_parser.get_data())
Requirements
Python 2 or Python 3, and the construct library <https://github.com/construct/construct>.
License
Licensed under the MIT License.
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