"""
NetCDF reader/writer module.
This module is used to read and create NetCDF files. NetCDF files are
accessed through the `netcdf_file` object. Data written to and from NetCDF
files are contained in `netcdf_variable` objects. Attributes are given
as member variables of the `netcdf_file` and `netcdf_variable` objects.
This module implements the Scientific.IO.NetCDF API to read and create
NetCDF files. The same API is also used in the PyNIO and pynetcdf
modules, allowing these modules to be used interchangeably when working
with NetCDF files.
Only NetCDF3 is supported here; for NetCDF4 see
`netCDF4-python <http://unidata.github.io/netcdf4-python/>`__,
which has a similar API.
"""
from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import
# TODO:
# * properly implement ``_FillValue``.
# * fix character variables.
# * implement PAGESIZE for Python 2.6?
# The Scientific.IO.NetCDF API allows attributes to be added directly to
# instances of ``netcdf_file`` and ``netcdf_variable``. To differentiate
# between user-set attributes and instance attributes, user-set attributes
# are automatically stored in the ``_attributes`` attribute by overloading
#``__setattr__``. This is the reason why the code sometimes uses
#``obj.__dict__['key'] = value``, instead of simply ``obj.key = value``;
# otherwise the key would be inserted into userspace attributes.
__all__ = ['netcdf_file', 'netcdf_variable']
import sys
import warnings
import weakref
from operator import mul
from collections import OrderedDict
import mmap as mm
import numpy as np
from numpy.compat import asbytes, asstr
from numpy import frombuffer, dtype, empty, array, asarray
from numpy import little_endian as LITTLE_ENDIAN
from functools import reduce
from scipy._lib.six import integer_types, text_type, binary_type
IS_PYPY = ('__pypy__' in sys.modules)
ABSENT = b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
ZERO = b'\x00\x00\x00\x00'
NC_BYTE = b'\x00\x00\x00\x01'
NC_CHAR = b'\x00\x00\x00\x02'
NC_SHORT = b'\x00\x00\x00\x03'
NC_INT = b'\x00\x00\x00\x04'
NC_FLOAT = b'\x00\x00\x00\x05'
NC_DOUBLE = b'\x00\x00\x00\x06'
NC_DIMENSION = b'\x00\x00\x00\n'
NC_VARIABLE = b'\x00\x00\x00\x0b'
NC_ATTRIBUTE = b'\x00\x00\x00\x0c'
FILL_BYTE = b'\x81'
FILL_CHAR = b'\x00'
FILL_SHORT = b'\x80\x01'
FILL_INT = b'\x80\x00\x00\x01'
FILL_FLOAT = b'\x7C\xF0\x00\x00'
FILL_DOUBLE = b'\x47\x9E\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
TYPEMAP = {NC_BYTE: ('b', 1),
NC_CHAR: ('c', 1),
NC_SHORT: ('h', 2),
NC_INT: ('i', 4),
NC_FLOAT: ('f', 4),
NC_DOUBLE: ('d', 8)}
FILLMAP = {NC_BYTE: FILL_BYTE,
NC_CHAR: FILL_CHAR,
NC_SHORT: FILL_SHORT,
NC_INT: FILL_INT,
NC_FLOAT: FILL_FLOAT,
NC_DOUBLE: FILL_DOUBLE}
REVERSE = {('b', 1): NC_BYTE,
('B', 1): NC_CHAR,
('c', 1): NC_CHAR,
('h', 2): NC_SHORT,
('i', 4): NC_INT,
('f', 4): NC_FLOAT,
('d', 8): NC_DOUBLE,
# these come from asarray(1).dtype.char and asarray('foo').dtype.char,
# used when getting the types from generic attributes.
('l', 4): NC_INT,
('S', 1): NC_CHAR}
class netcdf_file(object):
"""
A file object for NetCDF data.
A `netcdf_file` object has two standard attributes: `dimensions` and
`variables`. The values of both are dictionaries, mapping dimension
names to their associated lengths and variable names to variables,
respectively. Application programs should never modify these
dictionaries.
All other attributes correspond to global attributes defined in the
NetCDF file. Global file attributes are created by assigning to an
attribute of the `netcdf_file` object.
Parameters
----------
filename : string or file-like
string -> filename
mode : {'r', 'w', 'a'}, optional
read-write-append mode, default is 'r'
mmap : None or bool, optional
Whether to mmap `filename` when reading. Default is True
when `filename` is a file name, False when `filename` is a
file-like object. Note that when mmap is in use, data arrays
returned refer directly to the mmapped data on disk, and the
file cannot be closed as long as references to it exist.
version : {1, 2}, optional
version of netcdf to read / write, where 1 means *Classic
format* and 2 means *64-bit offset format*. Default is 1. See
`here <https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf_introduction.html#select_format>`__
for more info.
maskandscale : bool, optional
Whether to automatically scale and/or mask data based on attributes.
Default is False.
Notes
-----
The major advantage of this module over other modules is that it doesn't
require the code to be linked to the NetCDF libraries. This module is
derived from `pupynere <https://bitbucket.org/robertodealmeida/pupynere/>`_.
NetCDF files are a self-describing binary data format. The file contains
metadata that describes the dimensions and variables in the file. More
details about NetCDF files can be found `here
<https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/user_guide.html>`__. There
are three main sections to a NetCDF data structure:
1. Dimensions
2. Variables
3. Attributes
The dimensions section records the name and length of each dimension used
by the variables. The variables would then indicate which dimensions it
uses and any attributes such as data units, along with containing the data
values for the variable. It is good practice to include a
variable that is the same name as a dimension to provide the values for
that axes. Lastly, the attributes section would contain additional
information such as the name of the file creator or the instrument used to
collect the data.
When writing data to a NetCDF file, there is often the need to indicate the
'record dimension'. A record dimension is the unbounded dimension for a
variable. For example, a temperature variable may have dimensions of
latitude, longitude and time. If one wants to add more temperature data to
the NetCDF file as time progresses, then the temperature variable should
have the time dimension flagged as the record dimension.
In addition, the NetCDF file header contains the position of the data in
the file, so access can be done in an efficient manner without loading
unnecessary data into memory. It uses the ``mmap`` module to create
Numpy arrays mapped to the data on disk, for the same purpose.
Note that when `netcdf_file` is used to open a file with mmap=True
(default for read-only), arrays returned by it refer to data
directly on the disk. The file should not be closed, and cannot be cleanly
closed when asked, if such arrays are alive. You may want to copy data arrays
obtained from mmapped Netcdf file if they are to be processed after the file
is closed, see the example below.
Examples
--------
To create a NetCDF file:
>>> from scipy.io import netcdf
>>> f = netcdf.netcdf_file('simple.nc', 'w')
>>> f.history = 'Created for a test'
>>> f.createDimension('time', 10)
>>> time = f.createVariable('time', 'i', ('time',))
>>> time[:] = np.arange(10)
>>> time.units = 'days since 2008-01-01'
>>> f.close()
Note the assignment of ``arange(10)`` to ``time[:]``. Exposing the slice
of the time variable allows for the data to be set in the object, rather
than letting ``arange(10)`` overwrite the ``time`` variable.
To read the NetCDF file we just created:
>>> from scipy.io import netcdf
>>> f = netcdf.netcdf_file('simple.nc', 'r')
>>> print(f.history)
b'Created for a test'
>>> time = f.variables['time']
>>> print(time.units)
b'days since 2008-01-01'
>>> print(time.shape)
(10,)
>>> print(time[-1])
9
NetCDF files, when opened read-only, return arrays that refer
directly to memory-mapped data on disk:
>>> data = time[:]
>>> data.base.base
<mmap.mmap object at 0x7fe753763180>
If the data is to be processed after the file is closed, it needs
to be copied to main memory:
>>> data = time[:].copy()
>>> f.close()
>>> data.mean()
4.5
A NetCDF file can also be used as context manager:
>>> from scipy.io import netcdf
>>> with netcdf.netcdf_file('simple.nc', 'r') as f:
... print(f.history)
b'Created for a test'
"""
def __init__(self, filename, mode='r', mmap=None, version=1,
maskandscale=False):
"""Initialize netcdf_file from fileobj (str or file-like)."""
if mode not in 'rwa':
raise ValueError("Mode must be either 'r', 'w' or 'a'.")
if hasattr(filename, 'seek'): # file-like
self.fp = filename
self.filename = 'None'
if mmap is None:
mmap = False
elif mmap and not hasattr(filename, 'fileno'):
raise ValueError('Cannot use file object for mmap')
else: # maybe it's a string
self.filename = filename
omode = 'r+' if mode == 'a' else mode
self.fp = open(self.filename, '%sb' % omode)
if mmap is None:
# Mmapped files on PyPy cannot be usually closed
# before the GC runs, so it's better to use mmap=False
# as the default.
mmap = (not IS_PYPY)
if mode != 'r':
# Cannot read write-only files
mmap = False
self.use_mmap = mmap
self.mode = mode
self.version_byte = version
self.maskandscale = maskandscale
self.dimensions = OrderedDict()
self.variables = OrderedDict()
self._dims = []
self._recs = 0
self._recsize = 0
self._mm = None
self._mm_buf = None
if self.use_mmap:
self._mm = mm.mmap(self.fp.fileno(), 0, access=mm.ACCESS_READ)
self._mm_buf = np.frombuffer(self._mm, dtype=np.int8)
self._attributes = OrderedDict()
if mode in 'ra':
self._read()
def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
# Store user defined attributes in a separate dict,
# so we can save them to file later.
try:
self._attributes[attr] = value
except AttributeError:
pass
self.__dict__[attr] = value
def close(self):
"""Closes the NetCDF file."""
if hasattr(self, 'fp') and not self.fp.closed:
try:
self.flush()
finally:
self.variables = OrderedDict()
if self._mm_buf is not None:
ref = weakref.ref(self._mm_buf)
self._mm_buf = None
if ref() is None:
# self._mm_buf is gc'd, and we can close the mmap
self._mm.close()
else:
# we cannot close self._mm, since self._mm_buf is
# alive and there may still be arrays referring to it
warnings.warn((
"Cannot close a netcdf_file opened with mmap=True, when "
"netcdf_variables or arrays referring to its data still exist. "
"All data arrays obtained from such files refer directly to "
"data on disk, and must be copied before the file can be cleanly "
"closed. (See netcdf_file docstring for more information on mmap.)"
), category=RuntimeWarning)
self._mm = None
self.fp.close()
__del__ = close
def __enter__(self):
return self
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
self.close()
def createDimension(self, name, length):
"""
Adds a dimension to the Dimension section of the NetCDF data structure.
Note that this function merely adds a new dimension that the variables can
reference. The values for the dimension, if desired, should be added as
a variable using `createVariable`, referring to this dimension.
Parameters
----------
name : str
Name of the dimension (Eg, 'lat' or 'time').
length : int
Length of the dimension.
See Also
--------
createVariable
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