I've a python code performs some operator on some netCDF files. It has names of netCDF files as a list. I want to calculate ensemble average of these netCDF files using netCDF operator ncea (the netCDF ensemble average). However to call NCO, I need to pass all list elements as arguments as follows:
filelist = [file1.ncf file2.ncf file3.ncf ........ file50.ncf]
ncea file1.ncf file2.ncf ......file49.ncf file50.ncf output.cdf
Any idea how this can be achieved.
ANy help is greatly appreciated.
import subprocess
import shlex
args = 'ncea file1.ncf file2.ncf ......file49.ncf file50.ncf output.cdf'
args = shlex.split(args)
p = subprocess.Popen(args,stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
print p.stdout # Print stdout if you need.
I usually do the following:
Build a string containing the ncea command, then use the os
module to execute the command inside a python script
import os
out_file = './output.nc'
ncea_str = 'ncea '
for file in filelist:
ncea_str += file+' '
os.system(ncea_str+'-O '+out_file)
EDIT:
import subprocess
outfile = './output.nc'
ncea_str = '{0} {1} -O {2}'.format('ncea', ' '.join(filelist), out_file)
subprocess.call(ncea_str, shell=True)