""" Copyright (C) 2014 John Evans This example code illustrates how to access and visualize an NSIDC/ICESat/GLAS L2 HDF5 file in Python. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments on this example, please use the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). If you would like to see an example of any other NASA HDF/HDF-EOS data product that is not listed in the HDF-EOS Comprehensive Examples page (http://hdfeos.org/zoo), feel free to contact us at eoshelp@hdfgroup.org or post it at the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). Usage: save this script and run python GLAH13_633_2103_001_1317_0_01_0001_a.py The HDF file must either be in your current working directory or in a directory specified by the environment variable HDFEOS_ZOO_DIR. """ import os import matplotlib as mpl import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap import numpy as np # Can do this using either netCDF4 or h5py. USE_NETCDF4 = False def run(FILE_NAME): if USE_NETCDF4: from netCDF4 import Dataset nc = Dataset(FILE_NAME) latvar = nc.groups['Data_1HZ'].groups['Geolocation'].variables['d_lat'] latitude = latvar[:] lat_vr = [latvar.valid_min, latvar.valid_max] lonvar = nc.groups['Data_1HZ'].groups['Geolocation'].variables['d_lon'] longitude = lonvar[:] lon_vr = [lonvar.valid_min, lonvar.valid_max] tempvar = nc.groups['Data_1HZ'].groups['Atmosphere'].variables['d_Surface_temp'] temp = tempvar[:] temp_vr = [tempvar.valid_min, tempvar.valid_max] units = tempvar.units longname = tempvar.long_name timevar = nc.groups['Data_1HZ'].groups['Time'].variables['d_UTCTime_1'] time = timevar[:] else: import h5py with h5py.File(FILE_NAME, mode='r') as f: latvar = f['/Data_1HZ/Geolocation/d_lat'] latitude = latvar[:] lat_vr = [latvar.attrs['valid_min'], latvar.attrs['valid_max']] lonvar = f['/Data_1HZ/Geolocation/d_lon'] longitude = lonvar[:] lon_vr = [lonvar.attrs['valid_min'], lonvar.attrs['valid_max']] tempvar = f['/Data_1HZ/Atmosphere/d_Surface_temp'] temp = tempvar[:] temp_vr = [tempvar.attrs['valid_min'], tempvar.attrs['valid_max']] units = tempvar.attrs['units'] longname = tempvar.attrs['long_name'] time = f['/Data_1HZ/Time/d_UTCTime_1'][:] # Apply attribute restrictions. latitude[latitude < lat_vr[0]] = np.nan latitude[latitude > lat_vr[1]] = np.nan longitude[longitude < lon_vr[0]] = np.nan longitude[longitude > lon_vr[1]] = np.nan temp[temp < temp_vr[0]] = np.nan temp[temp > temp_vr[1]] = np.nan # Just use a small subset. idx = slice(0, 600) # Make a split window plot. First plot is time vs. temperature. fig = plt.figure(figsize = (15, 6)) ax1 = plt.subplot(1, 2, 1) elapsed_time = (time - time[0])/60 ax1.plot(elapsed_time[idx], temp[idx], 'b-') ax1.set_xlabel('Elapsed Time (minutes)') ax1.set_ylabel(units) basename = os.path.basename(FILE_NAME) ax1.set_title('{0}\n{1}'.format(basename, longname)) # The 2nd plot is the trajectory. # Use a north polar azimuthal equal area projection. ax2 = plt.subplot(1, 2, 2) m = Basemap(projection='nplaea', resolution='l', boundinglat=52, lon_0=0) m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.5) m.drawparallels(np.arange(0., 91., 10.), labels=[0, 0, 0, 1]) m.drawmeridians(np.arange(-180, 180., 30.), labels=[0, 1, 0, 0]) m.plot(longitude[idx], latitude[idx], linestyle='None', marker='.', color='blue', latlon=True) plt.title('Trajectory of Flight Path') fig = plt.gcf() # plt.show() pngfile = "{0}.a.py.png".format(basename) fig.savefig(pngfile) if __name__ == "__main__": # If a certain environment variable is set, look there for the input # file, otherwise look in the current directory. hdffile = 'GLAH13_633_2103_001_1317_0_01_0001.h5' try: hdffile = os.path.join(os.environ['HDFEOS_ZOO_DIR'], hdffile) except KeyError: pass run(hdffile)