icesat2py/icepyx

functions to pass data to other formats

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#35 opened on Mar 11, 2020

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Description

One of icepyx's primary goals is to make it easier to work with ICESat-2 data. The present class object data structure aims to facilitate switching between multiple data structures to capitalize on other resources for data analysis. Thus, we need a set of functions for the class (e.g. to_dataframe, to_geodataframe, to_dict, to_xarray, to_netcdf, to_hdf5) that enable the user to easily put their data in these formats for further analysis. How this proceeds is part of ongoing conversations about development directions, so please contribute to the conversation here or on Discourse even if you don't think you'll actually work on this issue directly.

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Research direction
Examine the existing icepyx data class and implement methods for converting to pandas DataFrame, GeoDataFrame, xarray Dataset, NetCDF, and HDF5. Review the ongoing discussions on Discourse to align with development direction.
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python
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data
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Pythonpandasxarray
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