pyart.io.is_vpt¶

pyart.io.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.