pysp2.io.read_arm_dat#

pysp2.io.read_arm_dat(file_name, num_bins=199)[source]#

This reads mass and number distribution data that has been stored in the format used in the ARM Archive.

Parameters:
  • file_name (str) – File name or directory with .dat files. All .dat files must have same time indices.

  • num_bins (int or None) – Number of size distribution bins in the file. Set to None to have PySP2 attempt to automatically detect this.

Returns:

ds (pandas.DataFrame) – The pandas dataframe containing the data.