Obstype

The Obstype class represents an observation type, including its standard unit and description. It is used throughout the toolkit to define the nature and units of observational data.

A regular user typically interacts with Obstype instances via higher-level classes such as Dataset or Station, but direct use is possible for advanced customization.

Constructor

Obstype(name, std_unit, description)

Class representing an observation type with standard unit and description.

Attributes

A summary of all the attributes (and properties) of the Obstype class.

Obstype.name	Return the name of the observation type.
Obstype.std_unit	Return the standard unit as string.
Obstype.description	Return the description of the observation type.
Obstype.original_name	Return the original name of the observation type.
Obstype.original_unit	Return the original unit as string.

Methods

A summary of all methods in the Obstype class.

Obstype.get_compatible_units()	Get all units compatible with the standard unit.
Obstype.is_compatible_with(other)	Test if the other Obstype is compatible with this one.
Obstype.get_info([printout])	Print or return detailed information of the observation type.
Obstype.convert_to_standard_units(...)	Convert input data to the standard unit.

Special methods

The Obstype class implements several Python special methods for convenience:

• __add__: Combine two Obstypes objects, by joing the string-attributes.

• __eq__: Test equality between two obstype objects (by name, std_unit and description).

• __str__ and __repr__: String representations for printing and debugging.