#2474 renamed create_header_attrs to set_dataplane_attrs

scripts/python/examples/read_ascii_numpy.py

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
    met_data = None
    print("Can't find the input file")
 
-# attrs is a dictionary which contains header data for the dataplane.
-# attrs should have 9 members with string type data:
+# attrs is a dictionary which contains attributes describing the dataplane.
+# attrs should have 9 items, each of data type string:
 #      'name': data name
 # 'long_name': descriptive name
 #     'valid': valid time (format = 'yyyymmdd_hhmmss')
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 }
 
 long_name = data_name + "_word"
-attrs = dataplane.create_header_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time,
+attrs = dataplane.set_dataplane_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time,
                                       lead_time, accum_time, v_level, units,
                                       grid_lambert_conformal, long_name)
 

scripts/python/examples/read_ascii_numpy_grid.py

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 except NameError:
    print("Can't find the input file")
 
-# attrs is a dictionary which contains header data for the dataplane.
-# attrs should have 9 members with string type data:
+# attrs is a dictionary which contains attributes describing the dataplane.
+# attrs should have 9 items, each of data type string:
 #      'name': data name
 # 'long_name': descriptive name
 #     'valid': valid time (format = 'yyyymmdd_hhmmss')
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 grid_info = os.path.expandvars(os.getenv('PYTHON_GRID'))
 
 long_name = data_name + "_word"
-attrs = dataplane.create_header_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time,
+attrs = dataplane.set_dataplane_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time,
                                       lead_time, accum_time, v_level, units,
                                       grid_info, long_name)
 

scripts/python/examples/read_ascii_xarray.py

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
    ##  create the metadata dictionary
    ##
 
-# attrs is a dictionary which contains header data for the dataplane.
-# attrs should have 9 members with string type data:
+# attrs is a dictionary which contains attributes describing the dataplane.
+# attrs should have 9 items, each of data type string:
 #      'name': data name
 # 'long_name': descriptive name
 #     'valid': valid time (format = 'yyyymmdd_hhmmss')
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 }
 
 long_name = data_name + "_word"
-attrs = dataplane.create_header_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time,
+attrs = dataplane.set_dataplane_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time,
                                       lead_time, accum_time, v_level, units,
                                       grid_lambert_conformal)
 

scripts/python/met/dataplane.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class dataplane():
    ##
 
    #@staticmethod
+   # Python dictionary items:
    #      'name': data name
    # 'long_name': descriptive name
    #     'valid': valid time (format = 'yyyymmdd_hhmmss')
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class dataplane():
    #              - a gridded data file name
    #              - MET specific grid string, "lambert 185 129 12.19 -133.459 -95 40.635 6371.2 25 25 N"
    #              - a dictionary for the grid information
-   def create_header_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time, lead_time,
+   def set_dataplane_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time, lead_time,
                            accum_time, v_level, units, grid_info, long_name=None):
       hdr_attrs = {
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def create_header_attrs(data_name, valid_time, init_time, lead_time,
          'accum': accum_time,
 
          'name':      data_name,
-         'long_name': long_name if long_name is not None and long_name != "" else data_name + '_word',
+         'long_name': long_name if long_name is not None and long_name != "" else data_name + '_long',
          'level':     v_level,
          'units':     units,