Work with BNF Tower Data - ARM Open Science in the Forest Summer School

Imports¶

import act
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

mpl.rcParams['font.size'] = 14
mpl.rcParams['xtick.major.size'] = 14

Search and Find BNF Tower Data¶

username="username"
token="token"

results = act.discovery.download_arm_data(
        username, token, 'bnftowerdtsch1S10.b1', '2025-04-04', '2025-04-05'
)

[DOWNLOADING] bnftowerdtsch1S10.b1.20250404.000144.nc

If you use these data to prepare a publication, please cite:

Dexheimer, D., Dexheimer, D., Settecerri, T., & Settecerri, T. Distributed
Temperature Sensing (TOWERDTSCH1), 2025-04-04 to 2025-04-05, Bankhead National
Forest, AL, USA; Long-term Mobile Facility (BNF), Bankhead National Forest, AL,
AMF3 (Tower Site) (S10). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility.

Load and Visualize Data Using ACT¶

ds = act.io.read_arm_netcdf(results)

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,8))
ds.temperature.plot(x='time');