nsrdb.albedo.modis.ModisFileAcquisition

class ModisFileAcquisition(date, path)[source]

Bases: object

Class to acquire MODIS data for requested day. Attempts to get data from disk first. If not available the data is downloaded exist it is downloaded.

Parameters:

  • date (Datetime object) – Desired date for MODIS data.

  • path (str) – Location of/for MODIS data on disk.

Methods

get_file(date, path)

Returns filename for MODIS date file for date.

Attributes

FILE_PATTERN

HTTP_FOLDER

HTTP_SERVER

classmethod get_file(date, path)[source]

Returns filename for MODIS date file for date. Searches in ‘path’ and downloads if necessary. MODIS files are every 8 days. Returns nearest day to ‘data’.

Parameters:

  • date (Datetime object) – Desired date for MODIS data.

  • path (str) – Location of/for MODIS data on disk.

Returns:

filename (str) – Filename with path to MODIS data file