clouddrift.adapters.gdp.parse_directory_file

clouddrift.adapters.gdp.parse_directory_file(filename: str, tmp_path: str, skip_download: bool = False) → DataFrame

Read a GDP directory file that contains metadata of drifter releases.

Parameters

filenamestr

Name of the directory file to parse.

tmp_pathstr

Directory where the file is cached locally.

skip_downloadbool, optional

If True, skip re-downloading the file if it already exists in tmp_path. Default is False.

Returns

dfpd.DataFrame

List of drifters from a single directory file as a pandas DataFrame.