pydda.constraints.get_iem_obs¶
-
pydda.constraints.
get_iem_obs
(Grid, window=60.0)[source]¶ Returns all of the station observations from the Iowa Mesonet for a given Grid in the format needed for PyDDA.
- Parameters
- Grid: pyART Grid
The Grid to retrieve the station data for.
- window: float
The window (in minutes) to look for the nearest observation in time.
- Returns
- station_data: list of dicts
A list of dictionaries containing the following entries as keys:
lat - Latitude of the site (float)
lon - Longitude of the site (float)
u - u wind at the site (float)
v - v wind at the site (float)
w - w wind at the site (assumed to be 0) (float)
site_id - Station ID (string)
x, y, z - The (x, y, z) coordinates of the site in the Grid. (floats)