Sequoia Scientific LISST

Data will generally be processed using a series of run scripts. The first script for each instrument type depends on two configuration files.

Exported ASCII data to raw .cdf

Convert from comma-delimited file to a raw netCDF file with .cdf extension using runlisstcsv2cdf.py.

runlisstcsv2cdf.py

Convert LISST .csv file to raw .cdf format. Run this script from the directory containing LISST file.

usage: runlisstcsv2cdf.py [-h] gatts config

Positional Arguments

gatts

path to global attributes file (gatts formatted)

config

path to instrument configuration file (YAML formatted)

Raw .cdf to CF-compliant .nc

Convert the raw .cdf data into CF-compliant netCDF file with .nc extension using runlisstcdf2nc.py.

runlisstcdf2nc.py

Convert raw LISST .cdf format to processed .nc files

usage: runlisstcdf2nc.py [-h] [--atmpres ATMPRES] cdfname

Positional Arguments

cdfname

raw .cdf filename

Named Arguments

--atmpres

path to cdf file containing atmopsheric pressure data