act.io.read_surfrad#

act.io.read_surfrad(filename, **kwargs)[source]#

Function to read in NOAA SurfRad data

Parameters:

  • filename (list) – Data files full path name or url to file

  • **kwargs (keywords) – Keywords to pass through to instrument specific reading routine.

Returns:

ds (xarray.Dataset) – Standard ARM Xarray dataset with the data cleaned up to have units, long_name, correct type and some other stuff.