argopy.ArgoFloat.launchconfig

argopy.ArgoFloat.launchconfig#

ArgoFloat.launchconfig()#

Extension providing access to LAUNCH configuration parameters

Pre-deployment or launch configuration parameters are the ‘configured’ start settings of the float and the initial mission configuration parameters for the first cycle.

Warning

Configuration parameters are float settings selected by the PI, not measurements reported by the float.

Examples

Listing 28 Launch configuration parameters#
from argopy import ArgoFloat
af = ArgoFloat(6903091)

# Total number and list of launch parameters:
af.launchconfig.n_params
af.launchconfig.parameters

# Read one parameter value, with explicit or implicit parameter name:
# ('CONFIG_' is not mandatory, but string is case-sensitive)
af.launchconfig['CONFIG_CycleTime_hours']
af.launchconfig['CycleTime_hours']

# Export to a DataFrame:
af.launchconfig.to_dataframe()

Notes

  • When called online, data are retrieved from the Euro-Argo Fleet-Monitoring web-API.

  • When called offline, data are retrieved from a local meta data netcdf file and variables N_LAUNCH_CONFIG_PARAM, LAUNCH_CONFIG_PARAMETER_NAME and LAUNCH_CONFIG_PARAMETER_VALUE.

References

import argopy
# User manual section on "Configuration parameters"
argopy.ArgoDocs(29825).open_pdf(55)  # as of Version 3.44.0