# (C) Copyright 2005- ECMWF. # # This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0 # which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. # # In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities # granted to it by virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation # nor does it submit to any jurisdiction. # # Python implementation: bufr_read_scatterometer # # Description: How to read data for a given beam from scatterometer BUFR # messages. # # Please note that scatterometer data can be encoded in various ways in BUFR. # Therefore the code below might not work directly for other types of messages # than the one used in the example. It is advised to use bufr_dump first to # understand the structure of these messages. # import sys import traceback from eccodes import * INPUT = "../../data/bufr/asca_139.bufr" VERBOSE = 1 # verbose error reporting def example(): # open bufr file f = open(INPUT, "rb") cnt = 0 # loop for the messages in the file while 1: # get handle for message bufr = codes_bufr_new_from_file(f) if bufr is None: break print("message: %s" % cnt) # We need to instruct ecCodes to expand all the descriptors # i.e. unpack the data values codes_set(bufr, "unpack", 1) # The BUFR file contains a single message with 2016 subsets in a # compressed form. It means each subset has exactly the same structure: # they store one location with several beams and one backscatter value # in each beam. # # To print the backScatter values for beamIdentifier=2 from all the # subsets we will simply access the key by condition (see below) # Get the total number of subsets. numObs = codes_get(bufr, "numberOfSubsets") print(" Number of values: %ld" % numObs) # Get latitude (for all the subsets) lat = codes_get_array(bufr, "latitude") # Get longitude (for all the subsets) lon = codes_get_array(bufr, "longitude") # Get backScatter for beam two. We use an access by condition for this # key (for all the subsets). bscat = codes_get_array(bufr, "/beamIdentifier=2/backscatter") # Check that all arrays are same size if len(lat) != numObs or len(lon) != numObs or len(bscat) != numObs: print("inconsistent array dimension") return 1 # Print the values print("pixel lat lon backscatter") print("-------------------------------") for i in range(numObs): print("%3d %.2f %.2f %.2f" % (i + 1, lat[i], lon[i], bscat[i])) cnt += 1 # Release handle codes_release(bufr) # Close the file f.close() def main(): try: example() except CodesInternalError as err: if VERBOSE: traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr) else: sys.stderr.write(err.msg + "\n") return 1 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())