Other input data

In addition to observations, pyCIF requires auxiliary input data such as meteorological fields (for CTMs), prior flux fields, initial conditions, etc. This data can be provided in its native format without any modification specific to pyCIF.

However, pyCIF cannot infer the format of arbitrary files. The input data must use one of the formats already implemented as a datastream plugin. The list of available datastream plugins is given here.

If the format you need is not yet available, there are two options:

• Reformat your input files to match one of the existing datastream formats.

• Implement a new datastream plugin by following the tutorial here.

All non-observation input data are declared in the datavect section of the YAML configuration file. See numerous usage examples for practical configurations.