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Python library for visualizing SuperDARN Data
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Can you read .fit file using pydarn? #74

Closed TsigeA closed 4 years ago

TsigeA commented 4 years ago

Hi, I recently installed pydarn to work on SuperDARN data. I am able to read and do some plots shown on the tutorial for .fitacf files. My problem is I have other data with the old format, '.fit', which I need to read and create a data frame for further analysis (time series analysis). So I am wondering if it is possible to read .fit files using pydarn.

Thank you!

mts299 commented 4 years ago

Hi @TsigeA

Doesn't look like it, I cannot get it to work with DmapRead class which only reads DMap files. Looks like fit files have a different structure to them.

One way to get around this is by using RST fittofitacf to convert the fit files to fitacf then read in via pydarn and plot :)

Sorry for the inconvenience, I will look at this for future features of pyDARNio

Let me know if this solves your problem and if you need any help getting this working. RST also doesn't work well with Windows so if you need me to I can convert the files for you.

TsigeA commented 4 years ago

@mts299 Thank you very much! I have managed to install RST and convert the .fit data to .fitACF. Now it is working fine. I really appreciate your help!

Regards
Tsige