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== Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite == | == Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite == | ||
− | + | This data has been collected by three different satellites from 1979 to present. It is downloadable in text files, linear rectangular 288 * 180 grid. | |
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+ | [ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/omi/data/aerosol/ Nimbus satellite data] [ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/nimbus7/data/aerosol/Y1978/L3_aersl_n7t_19781101.txt First 1978-11-01] [ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/nimbus7/data/aerosol/Y1993/L3_aersl_n7t_19930506.txt Last 1993-05-06] | ||
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+ | #first nimbus data | ||
+ | #last nimbus data ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/nimbus7/data/aerosol/Y1993/L3_aersl_n7t_19930506.txt | ||
+ | template_path_nimbus = "/pub/nimbus7/data/aerosol/Y%Y/L3_aersl_n7t_%Y%m%d.txt" | ||
+ | first_nimbus_datetime = datetime.datetime(1979, 1, 3) | ||
+ | last_nimbus_datetime = datetime.datetime(1993, 5, 6) | ||
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+ | #last eptoms data ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/eptoms/data/aerosol/Y2005/L3_aersl_ept_20051231.txt | ||
+ | template_path_eptoms = "/pub/eptoms/data/aerosol/Y%Y/L3_aersl_ept_%Y%m%d.txt" | ||
+ | first_eptoms_datetime = datetime.datetime(1996, 7, 25) | ||
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+ | #ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/omi/data/aerosol/Y2004/L3_aersl_omi_20040906.txt | ||
+ | template_path_omi = "/pub/omi/data/aerosol/Y%Y/L3_aersl_omi_%Y%m%d.txt" | ||
+ | first_omi_datetime = datetime.datetime(2004, 9, 6) | ||
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ftp, url templates, file format | ftp, url templates, file format |
Revision as of 11:41, July 6, 2011
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A Real life example how to download and store satellite data.
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite
This data has been collected by three different satellites from 1979 to present. It is downloadable in text files, linear rectangular 288 * 180 grid.
Nimbus satellite data First 1978-11-01 Last 1993-05-06
- first nimbus data
- last nimbus data ftp://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/nimbus7/data/aerosol/Y1993/L3_aersl_n7t_19930506.txt
template_path_nimbus = "/pub/nimbus7/data/aerosol/Y%Y/L3_aersl_n7t_%Y%m%d.txt" first_nimbus_datetime = datetime.datetime(1979, 1, 3) last_nimbus_datetime = datetime.datetime(1993, 5, 6)
template_path_eptoms = "/pub/eptoms/data/aerosol/Y%Y/L3_aersl_ept_%Y%m%d.txt" first_eptoms_datetime = datetime.datetime(1996, 7, 25)
template_path_omi = "/pub/omi/data/aerosol/Y%Y/L3_aersl_omi_%Y%m%d.txt" first_omi_datetime = datetime.datetime(2004, 9, 6)
ftp, url templates, file format
Creating Empty CF-NetCDF File
NCML
<netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2"> <explicit /> <attribute name="title" type="string" value="NASA TOMS Project" /> <attribute name="comment" type="string" value="NASA Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Project" /> <attribute name="Conventions" type="string" value="CF-1.0" /> <dimension name="time" length="0" isUnlimited="true" /> <dimension name="lat" length="180" /> <dimension name="lon" length="288" /> <variable name="time" type="int" shape="time"> <attribute name="standard_name" type="string" value="time" /> <attribute name="long_name" type="string" value="time" /> <attribute name="units" type="string" value="days since 1979-01-01" /> <attribute name="axis" type="string" value="T" /> </variable> <variable name="lat" type="double" shape="lat"> <attribute name="standard_name" type="string" value="latitude" /> <attribute name="long_name" type="string" value="latitude" /> <attribute name="units" type="string" value="degrees_north" /> <attribute name="axis" type="string" value="Y" /> <values start="-89.5" increment="1" /> </variable> <variable name="lon" type="double" shape="lon"> <attribute name="standard_name" type="string" value="longitude" /> <attribute name="long_name" type="string" value="longitude" /> <attribute name="units" type="string" value="degrees_east" /> <attribute name="axis" type="string" value="X" /> <values start="-179.375" increment="1.25" /> </variable> <variable name="AI" type="float" shape="time lat lon"> <attribute name="long_name" type="string" value="Aerosol Index" /> <attribute name="units" type="string" value="fraction" /> <attribute name="_FillValue" type="float" value="NaN" /> <attribute name="missing_value" type="float" value="NaN" /> </variable> </netcdf>
Create Script AI_create.py
from datafed import cf1 def create(): cf1.create_ncml22('AerosolIndex.nc', 'AerosolIndex.ncml', '64bitoffset') if __name__ == "__main__": create()