PDAF Observation File Generator

Scripts and utilities for creating observation files for TSMP-PDAF data assimilation runs.

Each script in this repository reads observations from an external data source and writes NetCDF files in the format expected by TSMP-PDAF.

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Repository Structure

PDAF_observation-file-generator/
├── mkcrns/                      # Observation files from COSMOS-Europe CRNS data
│   ├── create_crns_obs.py       # Main script: CRNS data → TSMP-PDAF NetCDF files
│   └── cosmos_europe/           # COSMOS-Europe dataset download and parsing
│       ├── download_cosmos_europe.py # Download CRNS dataset from TERENO
│       └── parse_crns_data.py   # Parser: COSMOS-Europe CSV → pandas DataFrame
├── mkoldummy/                   # Dummy observation files for open-loop / spin-up runs
│   └── create_dummy_obs.py      # Single placeholder obs file (no_obs=1) for OL runs
└── utils/                       # Shared utilities
    └── nc_attributes.py         # Sets standard provenance attributes on NetCDF files

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Dependencies

Install the required Python packages (see pyproject.toml):

pip install -e .

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Tools

• mkcrns/ — CRNS soil moisture observations from COSMOS-Europe
• mkoldummy/ — Dummy observation files for open-loop simulations
• utils/ — Shared utilities (NetCDF provenance attributes)