ICOS Heatmaps

An application to fetch and plot raw data from the ICOS Carbon Portal as submitted by the measurement stations of the Ecosystem and Atmosphere domains.

How to run

• Install the needed dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt
• Customize your settings by filling in the details in settings.yml. Refer to the settings_example.yml file or here for guidance.
• Run python3 runner.py.
• Find generated plots and data in the custom output path specified in the application's settings.

Settings

• domain: The value of this setting can be one of these: ["atc", "etc"].
• using_cache: A boolean value that controls whether the downloaded raw data will be stored (cached) to a custom path.
• cache_path: The location where the cached data will be stored.
• start: A string value representing the start datetime for slicing raw data.
• end: A string value representing the end datetime for slicing raw data.
• group: The value of this setting controls the binning of the raw data. It can be set to "M" for monthly bins or "W" for weekly bins.
• title_period: A string value that controls the time period in the title of the .png plot.
• side_title_period: A string value that controls the time period in the side title of the .png plot.
• file_name_period: A string value that controls the time period in the names of the .png and .csv files.
• output_dir: The location where the generated files will be saved.
• version_output: A boolean value that determines whether files are saved directly in output_dir or in timestamped subdirectories.

Generated heatmaps examples

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