Integrated Carbon Observing System (ICOS) data ICOS/std

Integrated Carbon Observing System (ICOS) data ICOS/std#

Description#

This plugin reads from the ICOS Carbon Portal format. Data can be downloaded here: `https://www.icos-cp.eu/data-products`__.

Warning

This is a preliminary version of a full parser for ICOS.

YAML arguments#

The following arguments are used to configure the plugin. pyCIF will return an exception at the initialization if mandatory arguments are not specified, or if any argument does not fit accepted values or type:

Optional arguments#

default_unit : str, optional, default “ppb”

Default unit to use if not explicitly specified in each file

force_default_unit : bool, optional, default False

Force using the default unit instead of the one in the file.

default_lat_unit : “N” or “S”, optional

If meridional direction not specified in header, takes the specified direction

  • “N”: assumes degrees North

  • “S”: assumes degrees South

default_lon_unit : “E” or “W”, optional

If zonal direction not specified in header, takes the specified direction

  • “E”: assumes degrees East

  • “W”: assumes degrees West

default_duration : “hourly”, optional

Default time interval if not explicitly specified in the header

  • “hourly”: assumes hourly averages

YAML template#

Please find below a template for a YAML configuration:

 1obsparser:
 2  plugin:
 3    name: ICOS
 4    version: std
 5    type: obsparser
 6
 7  # Optional arguments
 8  default_unit: XXXXX  # str
 9  force_default_unit: XXXXX  # bool
10  default_lat_unit: XXXXX  # N|S
11  default_lon_unit: XXXXX  # E|W
12  default_duration: XXXXX  # hourly