ndbc
A Python interface to National Data Buoy Center data.
Getting started
pip install git+https://github.com/wavebitscientific/ndbc
Usage
from ndbc import Station
from datetime import datetime
# initialize without getting the data
station = Station(42001)
station.name
# 'MID GULF - 180 nm South of Southwest Pass, LA'
station.lon
# -89.668
station.lat
# 25.897
# initialize and get the data
station = Station(42001, datetime(2017,10,1), datetime(2017,11,1))
# get a different time window
station.get_stdmet(datetime(2015,1,1), datetime(2017,1,1))Features
- Standard meteorological data: wind speed and direction, air pressure, air and water temperature, dew-point temperature, wave height, period, and direction.
- Omnidirectional (1-d) wave spectrum data
- Directional (2-d) wave spectrum data
- Derived diagnostics
- What else?