pysteps.io.importers.import_bom_rf3

pysteps.io.importers.import_bom_rf3

pysteps.io.importers.import_bom_rf3(filename, **kwargs)

Import a NetCDF radar rainfall product from the BoM Rainfields3.

Parameters
filename: str

Name of the file to import.

Returns
out: tuple

A three-element tuple containing the rainfall field in mm/h imported from the Bureau RF3 netcdf, the quality field and the metadata. The quality field is currently set to None.

Other Parameters
dtype: str

Data-type to which the array is cast. Valid values: “float32”, “float64”, “single”, and “double”.

fillna: float or np.nan

Value used to represent the missing data (“No Coverage”). By default, np.nan is used.