eccodes/examples/python/grib_set_pv.py

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import traceback
import sys

from eccodes import *

VERBOSE = 1  # verbose error reporting


def example():
    """
    Encoding of the pv coefficients.
    """
    # read the coefficients from file
    pv = []
    for line in open('../../data/60_model_levels'):
        pv.extend([float(x) for x in line.strip().split('\t')])

    numberOfLevels = 60
    numberOfCoefficients = 2 * (numberOfLevels + 1)
    assert(len(pv) == numberOfCoefficients)

    fout = open('out.pv.grib1', 'w')
    gid = codes_new_from_samples('reduced_gg_sfc_grib1')

    codes_set(gid, 'typeOfLevel', 'hybrid')
    codes_set(gid, 'level', 2)
    codes_set(gid, 'PVPresent', 1)
    codes_set_array(gid, 'pv', pv)

    codes_write(gid, fout)

    codes_release(gid)
    fout.close()


def main():
    try:
        example()
    except CodesInternalError, err:
        if VERBOSE:
            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
        else:
            print >>sys.stderr, err.msg

        return 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())