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[AWIPS #QVN-243999]: DAF PIREPs

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #QVN-243999]: DAF PIREPs
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:07:24 -0500

Also, realized the response took out all of the white space, so you can't tell 
where to indent. I've attached a text file now.

Thanks,

Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QVN-243999
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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#!/awips2/python/bin/python

from awips.dataaccess import DataAccessLayer

#connect to unidata edex
DataAccessLayer.changeEDEXHost("edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu")

#get a list of supported data types from the edex
types = DataAccessLayer.getSupportedDatatypes()
print(types)

#create a request and set the data type
req = DataAccessLayer.newDataRequest()
#req.setDatatype("obs")
req.setDatatype("pirep")

#print out available parameters
param = DataAccessLayer.getAvailableParameters(req)
print(param)

#set the parameter to turbulence intensity
req.setParameters('timeObs', 'longitude', 'latitude', 'flightLevel', 
'numLayer', 'turbInten', 'turbTopHeight', 'turbBaseHeight')

print(req)

#print out available location names
locations = DataAccessLayer.getAvailableLocationNames(req)
#print(locations)

#actually get the data for the request -- this returns an array
data = DataAccessLayer.getGeometryData(req)

layerCount=0
layerString="\t"
header=1
#['flightLevel', 'numLayer', 'timeObs', 'latitude', 'longitude']
#['turbBaseHeight', 'turbTopHeight', 'turbInten']

for d in data:
    params = d.getParameters()
    print( params)
    if('numLayer' in params):
        dataString=""
        if(int(d.getString('numLayer')) == 0):
            layerString="\t"
        layerCount=0
        for p in params:
            dataString=dataString+","+d.getString(p)
        dataString=dataString.lstrip(',')
        print(dataString,"\n",layerString)
    if('turbInten' in params):
        if(layerCount == 0):
            layerString="\t"
            layerCount=layerCount+1
        for p in params:
            layerString=layerString+","+d.getString(p)
        layerString=layerString+"\n\t"