pyart.io.radar.is_vpt

pyart.io.radar.is_vpt(radar, offset=0.5)[source]

Determine if a Radar appears to be a vertical pointing scan.

This function only verifies that the object is a vertical pointing scan, use the to_vpt function to convert the radar to a vpt scan if this function returns True.

Parameters:

radar : Radar

Radar object to determine if

offset : float

Maximum offset of the elevation from 90 degrees to still consider to be vertically pointing.

Returns:

flag : bool

True if the radar appear to be verticle pointing, False if not.

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