def plotTimeseries(filename,varIdentifier,lonVal,latVal,zVal):
"""Takes five aruguments i.e. a string representing location of NetCDF file,
variable identifier, the longitude and latitude values in degress as well as
the value of the vertical axis in the units used in the data file
(this is ignored if the data variable has no vertical dimension). Uses
the extractTimeseries() function in the extract module and plot using the
displayTimeseriesPlot() function in the plotting module."""
import netcdfUtils
import netCDF4
import plotting
#A netCDF4 dataset Object
nc=netCDF4.Dataset(filename)
# A varible object representing a data variable (e.g. sst)
dataVar=nc.variables[varIdentifier]
# Check that longitude,latitude, vertical and time variables are present
lonVar = netcdfUtils.findLongitudeVar(nc, dataVar)
latVar = netcdfUtils.findLatitudeVar(nc, dataVar)
timeVar=netcdfUtils.findTimeVar(nc,dataVar)
#check if the file has latitude, longitude and time dimensions
if lonVar is None or latVar is None or timeVar is None:
raise ValueError("Cannot extract map data if longitude, latitude & time are abscent")
#extract data as well as the vertical and longitude/latitude coordinates
data=extract.extractTimeseries(nc,dataVar,lonVal,latVal,zVal)
# get the title of the plot
title=netcdfUtils.getTitle(dataVar)
#plot the data against time
plotting.displayTimeseriesPlot(nc,dataVar,data[0],data[1],title)
return
#### Here are some test functions.
#### Simply run this script to run them.
#if __name__ == '__main__':
#plotMap("POLCOMS.nc", "POT", 0,0)
#plotMap("C:/Users/Developer202/Desktop/MWR/Data/Reanalysis/Surface/vwnd.mon.mean.nc","vwnd",800,0)
#plotMap("C:/Users/Developer202/Desktop/MWR/Data/Reanalysis/Surface/uwnd.mon.mean.nc","uwnd",800,0)
#plotMap("GlobModel_temp.nc", "ta", 0,5)
#plotMap("GlobModel_ozone.nc", "colo3", 0,5)
#plotMap("rfe2015_02_seas_anom.nc","rfe",0,5)
#plotMap("sst.day.mean.2014.v2.nc","sst",0,5)
#plotMap("FOAM_Natl.nc", "ssh", 0,0)
#plotMap("HadCEM.nc", "salinity", 0,10)
# The OSTIA dataset is large, so this test can be slow. Uncomment
# this line to run it
#plotMap("OSTIA.nc", "analysed_sst", 0,0)
def plotVerticalSection(filename,varIdentifier,vertSection,coordVal,tIndex):
"""Takes five aruguments i.e. a string representing location of NetCDF file,
variable identifier, string indicating whether vertical section is
North-South (NS) or East-West (EW), the value of latitude/longitude depending
on EW or NS, and the index along the time axis for which to get the data. Uses
the extractVerticalSection() function from the extract module to extract data.
Plots using the displayVertSectionPlot() function from the plotting module."""
import netCDF4
import netcdfUtils
import plotting
nc=netCDF4.Dataset(filename) #A netCDF4 dataset Object
dataVar=nc.variables[varIdentifier] # A varible object representing a data variable ('lat' or 'latitude')
# Check that longitude,latitude, vertical and time variables are present
lonVar = netcdfUtils.findLongitudeVar(nc, dataVar)
latVar = netcdfUtils.findLatitudeVar(nc, dataVar)
zVar=netcdfUtils.findVerticalVar(nc,dataVar)
#check if string that indicate vertical section is EW or NS else raise error
if vertSection!='NS'and vertSection!='EW':
raise ValueError("Only NS or EW can be used to indicate Vertical section")
# if the vertical section identifier is North-South get latitudes
if vertSection=='NS':
#check if the slicing longitude is within the range of values
if coordVal<-180 or coordVal>180:
raise ValueError("The Longitude values range from -180(180W) to 180(180E)")
#get the latitude values for the x axis
coordValues=latVar[:]
# if the vertical section identifier is East-West get longitudes
elif vertSection=='EW':
#check if the slicing latitude is within the range of values
if coordVal<-90 or coordVal>90:
raise ValueError("The Latitude values range from -90(90S) to +90(90N)")
#get the longitude values for the x axis
coordValues=lonVar[:]
#check if the latitude, longitude and vertical dimesions are present in file
if lonVar is None or latVar is None :
raise ValueError("Cannot extract map data if longitude and latitude are not present")
if zVar is None:
raise ValueError("Cannot extract map data if Vertical dimension is not present")
#extract data as well as the vertical and longitude/latitude coordinates
data=extract.extractVerticalSection(nc,dataVar,vertSection,tIndex,coordVal)
#get the title of the plot
title=netcdfUtils.getTitle(dataVar)
#plot the exrated data using the displayVertSectionPlot() from plotting module
plotting.displayVertSectionPlot(data,zVar,coordValues,title,vertSection,coordVal)
return