io

Classes for reading various file formats.

These classes are written to take both file names (for local files) or file-like objects; this allows reading files that are already in memory (using io.StringIO) or remote files (using urlopen()).

Functions

is_precip_mode(vcp_num)

Determine if the NEXRAD radar is operating in precipitation mode.

Classes

GiniFile(filename)	A class that handles reading the GINI format satellite images from the NWS.
Level2File(filename)	Handle reading the NEXRAD Level 2 data and its various messages.
Level3File(filename)	Handle reading the wide array of NEXRAD Level 3 (NIDS) product files.