Update VIIRS L1b reader to use additional netcdf attributes #2891
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While I'm fine with this as a short term solution, I think this is yet another case of the readers maybe being too restrictive/inflexible for what some users really want. Or rather, it forces us to draw the line on what satpy readers really are. Are they generic readers that provide all the information from the files in a semi-standard way? Or do they provide only the information that is shared between all (most) Satpy readers (the data + common metadata)?
Side question: Should the orbit information go in an orbital_parameters sub-dictionary like we do for lon/lat/alt information: https://satpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reading.html#orbital-parameters
satpy/readers/viirs_l1b.py
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| def day_night_flag(self): | ||
| """Get the day/night flag.""" | ||
| return self["/attr/DayNightFlag"] | ||
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| def start_direction(self): | ||
| """Get the swath start direction flag.""" | ||
| return self["/attr/startDirection"] | ||
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| def end_direction(self): | ||
| """Get the swath end direction flag.""" | ||
| return self["/attr/endDirection"] | ||
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I don't see a reason for these to be properties on the class. Could you change this to just access self["/attr/endDirection"] (and the others) directly in the get_metadata method?
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| "day_night": self.day_night_flag, | ||
| "start_direction": self.start_direction, | ||
| "end_direction": self.end_direction, |
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Could/should one or more of these go into an orbital_parameters sub-dictionary?
https://satpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reading.html#dataset-metadata
The VIIRS L1b reader (NASA format VIIRS data) misses some netCDF attributes that may be useful to users.
This PR adds those attributes: The day/night flag (
Day,NightorBoth) and the starting plus ending orbital direction (AscendingorDescending). I also added a test to make sure the attrs are being read.