Extract data from NEXRAD Doppler Radar NetCDFs
A Python tool for extracting and/or plotting data from the NEXRAD (WSR-88D) Doppler weather radar network operated by the US National Weather Service. This can be used for inputs to models that require a meteorologic component.
The basic command-line options will as follows:
$ python radar_netcdf.py
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v If selected, turns on verbosity
-w Write the value at the given lat/lon to file
-p Plots radar output
--ncfile=NCFILE NetCDF filename
--varname=VARNAME NetCDF variable to get, e.g., 'Precip1hr'
--lat=LAT Latitude of point to get data. Optional, default = none
--lon=LON Longitude of point to get data. Optional, default = none
--outfile=OUTFILE Output file for lat/lon data on precip. Optional: only
used if lat/lon are defined, default = NEXRAD_ll_out.txt.
For more information, see http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:NEXRAD-extract.