Supporting Software Information

To change the default data file, paste the selected file name within the datafile variable as highlighted in the figure below.

Step 3

To generate a plot of the HAMSR L2 radar reflectivity, the desired time period of interest along the HS3 flight track must be defined. Within the Python script section “Define start and end date/time along the flight track” two variables, start_string and end_string, are used to subset the data file and generate a plot. These variables are denoted by the red box in the figure below and are formatted as follows:

MM/DD/YYYYThh:mm:ssUTC 

Bold letters indicate where to substitute the desired date and time text information.  Within the start_string and end_string variables enter the start and end date and time of interest along the Global Hawk flight track in UTC time as shown below.

Step 4

To plot the desired subset, simply run the Python script. A window should pop up containing the desired plot. 

Some computers may pull data from OPeNDAP differently.  If an error occurs, please try the following within the “Define the variables for cross-tack length and lat/lon subset of the data…” section in the last line under the #Compute pixel values for plot portion as shown below. Within the red box, the grey area indicates the change to the code.

Step 5

If you would like the run this data recipe as an iPython Notebook, it may be run through the Jupyter Notebook web application. More information on Jupyter can be found at: http://jupyter.org/.

Please note that the Python script and iPython Notebook may be reused and altered to plot additional HAMSR data variables or of plot formats.

Dataset Information

Key Parameters