ACT Example Gallery

This gallery houses examples on different use cases for act including downloading data from web APIs, visualization various types of data, and more. If there are specific use cases you would like to see examples of, please head on over to the ACT discussion page on GitHub.

If your looking to contribute, the templates directory found here provides templates for the examples gallery python files. For a template for creating Jupyter notebooks for ACT tutorials, blog posts and more, that template can be found here

Correction examples

Examples showing different meteorology corrections.

Correct wind data for ship motion

Correct wind data for ship motion

Discovery examples

Examples showing different ways to discover data.

NASA MPLNET

NASA MPLNET

Query and plot ASOS data

Query and plot ASOS data

IMPROVE Data

IMPROVE Data

NOAA FMCW and parsivel plot

NOAA FMCW and parsivel plot

NEON Data

NEON Data

Airnow Data

Airnow Data

Input/Output Examples

Examples showing different ways to read and save data.

Read and plot a HYSPLIT trajectory file from a HYSPlIT run.

Read and plot a HYSPLIT trajectory file from a HYSPlIT run.

Read and plot a PPI from raw mini-MPL data

Read and plot a PPI from raw mini-MPL data

Read and plot a Sodar file

Read and plot a Sodar file

Plot SurfRad Data

Plot SurfRad Data

Plot ICARTT Formatted Files

Plot ICARTT Formatted Files

Create a dataset to mimic ARM file formats

Create a dataset to mimic ARM file formats

Convert Data to AmeriFlux Format

Convert Data to AmeriFlux Format

Plotting examples

Examples showing different ways to visualize your data.

Enhanced plot of a sounding

Enhanced plot of a sounding

Plot a histogram of Met data.

Plot a histogram of Met data.

Plot a timeseries of sounding data

Plot a timeseries of sounding data

Time-Height Scatter Plot

Time-Height Scatter Plot

Plot ARM AAF Flight Path

Plot ARM AAF Flight Path

Plotting QC Flags

Plotting QC Flags

Example plot using stripes

Example plot using stripes

Example Size Distribution Plots

Example Size Distribution Plots

Investigate Temperature Quantiles

Investigate Temperature Quantiles

Calculate and plot daily daytime temperature averages

Calculate and plot daily daytime temperature averages

Skew-T plot of a sounding

Skew-T plot of a sounding

Plot a timeseries of sounding data

Plot a timeseries of sounding data

Calculate and plot wind rose plots separated by day.

Calculate and plot wind rose plots separated by day.

Secondary Y-Axis Plotting

Secondary Y-Axis Plotting

Calculate and View Aerosol Percentages

Calculate and View Aerosol Percentages

Xarray Plotting Examples

Xarray Plotting Examples

Multidimensional cross sections

Multidimensional cross sections

Simple plot of 2D data

Simple plot of 2D data

Example plot using heat maps

Example plot using heat maps

Using ACT for Satellite data

Using ACT for Satellite data

Skew-T plot of a sounding

Skew-T plot of a sounding

Spatial contour plot

Spatial contour plot

Compare Aircraft Airspeeds

Compare Aircraft Airspeeds

Plot winds and relative humidity from sounding data

Plot winds and relative humidity from sounding data

Data rose plot

Data rose plot

Windrose and windbarb timeseries plot

Windrose and windbarb timeseries plot

Plot Present Weather Code

Plot Present Weather Code

Plotting state variables

Plotting state variables

Quality Control Examples

Examples showing different ways to apply quality control to your data.

Query the ARM DQR webservice

Query the ARM DQR webservice

Forcing line plots with 2D data and QC

Forcing line plots with 2D data and QC

Plotting flagged data gaps with a step change test

Plotting flagged data gaps with a step change test

Plotting Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) QC Flags

Plotting Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) QC Flags

Working with embedded quality control variables

Working with embedded quality control variables

Working with and expanding embedded quality control variables

Working with and expanding embedded quality control variables

Retrieval examples

Examples showing different ways to retrieve fields from data.

Retrieve stability indicies from a sounding

Retrieve stability indicies from a sounding

Cloud Base Height Retrievals

Cloud Base Height Retrievals

Utility examples

Examples showing different helpful utilies in ACT.

Calculate and plot aerosol percentages.

Calculate and plot aerosol percentages.

Parse the ARM datastream filename

Parse the ARM datastream filename

Changing units in dataset

Changing units in dataset

Working with TAR and gunzip files

Working with TAR and gunzip files

Workflow examples

Examples showing full workflows, including reading, applying corrections, and visualizations.

Transformations and QC

Transformations and QC

Plot multiple datasets

Plot multiple datasets

Plot AERIoe data with cloud base height from ceilometer

Plot AERIoe data with cloud base height from ceilometer

Calculate and plot weighted means

Calculate and plot weighted means

Merge multiple datasets

Merge multiple datasets

Consolidation of CoURAGE Data Sources

Consolidation of CoURAGE Data Sources

Consolidation of Data Sources

Consolidation of Data Sources