ndbc

A Python interface to National Data Buoy Center data.

Getting started

pip install git+https://github.com/wavebitscientific/ndbc

Usage

from ndbc import Station
from datetime import datetime

# initialize without getting the data
station = Station(42001)

station.name
# 'MID GULF - 180 nm South of Southwest Pass, LA'

station.lon
# -89.668

station.lat
# 25.897

# initialize and get the data
station = Station(42001, datetime(2017,10,1), datetime(2017,11,1))

# get a different time window
station.get_stdmet(datetime(2015,1,1), datetime(2017,1,1))

Features

• Standard meteorological data: wind speed and direction, air pressure, air and water temperature, dew-point temperature, wave height, period, and direction.
• Omnidirectional (1-d) wave spectrum data
• Directional (2-d) wave spectrum data
• Derived diagnostics
• What else?