ωradlib G ETTING S TARTED C HEAT S HEET

L EARN MORE ABOUT ωradlib AT HTTP :// WRADLIB . ORG

ωradlib I NTRODUCTION G ETTING S TARTED D ATA T RANSFORMATION

The ωradlib project has been initiated in order facilitate the use of >>> import wradlib as wrl Import using wrl as alias >>> y = wrl.trafo.rvp_to_dbz(x) RVP6 in dBZ
weather radar data as well as to provide a common platform for re- >>> wrl.__version__ Print wradlib version >>> dBZ = wrl.trafo.decibel(Z) decibel
search on new algorithms. ωradlib is an open source library which is >>> Z = wrl.trafo.idecibel(dBZ) inverse decibel
well documented and easy to use. It is written in the free program- >>> RR = wrl.trafo.kdp_to_r(KDP) Rainrate from KDP
ming language Python. R EADING R ADAR D ATA >>> RR = wrl.zr.z_to_r(Z) Rainrate from Z
• Polar Radar Data Reader >>> Z = wrl.zr.r_to_z(RR) Z from RainRate
>>> img, meta = wrl.io.read_dx(f) DWD’s DX
I NSTALLATION >>> data = wrl.io.read_opera_hdf5(f) ODIM_H5
We recommend using conda package manager alongside the >>> data = wrl.io.read_gamic_hdf5(f) GAMIC
D ATA C LASSIFICATION
conda-forge community channel: >>> data = wrl.io.read_edge_netcdf(f) EDGE • wrl.clutter.filter_gabella() Clutter id filter by Gabella
>>> data = wrl.io.read_rainbow(f) Rainbow5 • wrl.clutter.filter_cloudtype() Filter based on cloud type
• Install Anaconda or Miniconda [1] >>> data = wrl.io.read_iris(f) Sigmet • wrl.clutter.filter_window_distance() 2D filter large gradients
• Add conda-forge channel: • wrl.clutter.histo_cut() Histogram clutter id
• Gridded Radar Data Reader
$ conda config -add channels conda-forge • wrl.clutter.classify_echo_fuzzy() Dual-Pol fuzzy method
>>> img, meta = read_radolan_composite(f) RADOLAN
• Create dedicated ωradlib environment:
>>> data = wrl.io.read_rainbow(f) Rainbow5
$ conda create -name wradlib python=3.6
• Activate ωradlib environment:
>>> data = wrl.io.read_iris(f) Sigmet D ATA C ORRECTION
$ source activate wradlib • Generic Data Format Reader G ATE - BY-G ATE APPROACHES wrl.atten
• Install ωradlib and other needed packages: >>> data = wrl.io.read_generic_hdf5(f) HDF5 • correct_attenuation_hb() Hitschfeld&Bordan
(wradlib)$ conda install wradlib jupyter >>> data = wrl.io.read_generic_netcdf(f) NetCDF • correct_attenuation_constrained() iterative Kraemer (ext. by
• Raster Data Reader using GDAL Jacobi)
If you want to test the most recent ωradlib developments, then you
>>> ds = wrl.io.open_raster(f) open raster
need to get the latest master from github.com in addition:
>>> img, crd, proj = extract
wrl.georef.extract_raster_dataset(ds) raster data P HASE P ROCESSING
• Clone ωradlib repository
$ git clone https://github.com/wradlib/wradlib.git P HASE U NFOLDING
• Activate ωradlib environment: • wrl.dp.unfold_phi() unfolds ambiguous phase
V ISUALIZING R ADAR D ATA • wrl.dp.unfold_phi_vulpiani() KDP based unfolding
$ source activate wradlib
• Install ωradlib from sources: • Plot Polar Radar Data img(nrays, nbins) KDP R ETRIEVAL
(wradlib)$ python setup.py install >>> wrl.vis.plot_ppi(img) plot simple PPI • wrl.dp.kdp_from_phidp() Lanczos derivative
>>> wrl.vis.plot_ppi(img, cg=True) Curvelinear Grid • wrl.dp.process_raw_phidp_vulpiani() 2-step PHIDP/KDP
If you want to test the provided example notebooks, you need to >>> wrl.vis.plot_rhi(img) plot simple RHI
download the example data [2] and extract it to an arbitrary direc- >>> wrl.vis.plot_rhi(img, cg=True) Curvelinear Grid
tory. You finally need to set the WRADLIB_DATA environment D ATA C OMPOSITING
• Plot Gridded Radar Data img(nrows, ncols)
variable pointing to that directory: • wrl.comp.togrid() polar to grid
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt matplotlib
>>> pl.imshow(img) use imshow • wrl.comp.compose_ko() quality knockout criterion
• $ export WRADLIB_DATA=/full/path/to/wradlib-data
>>> pl.pcolormesh(img) use MeshPlot • wrl.comp.compose_weighted() quality weighted average
[1] https://www.anaconda.com/download >>> pl.pcolormesh(crd[..., 0], use coords
https://conda.io/miniconda.html crd[..., 1], img)
[2] https://github.com/wradlib/wradlib-data/archive/master.zip

R EFERENCES O THER R ESOURCES C ONTACT

[1] Maik Heistermann, Stephan Jacobi, and Thomas Pfaff. Technical note: Check out the other available ωradlib Cheat Sheets ING , I NTERPOLATION, C LASSIFICATION, C OR - Web wradlib.org
An open source library for processing weather radar data (wradlib). which will be available shortly. Those will cover RECTION , P HASE P ROCESSING , C OMPOSITING , Email wradlib@wradlib.org
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16:863–871, 2013. amongst others V ISUALISATION, G EOREFERENC - Z ONAL S TATISTICS, G AGE A DJUSTMENT. Gitter gitter.im/wradlib