/// <summary>
/// Get data function for gldas.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="errorMsg"></param>
/// <param name="dataset">nldas dataset parameter</param>
/// <param name="componentInput"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public string GetData(out string errorMsg, string dataset, ITimeSeriesInput componentInput)
{
errorMsg = "";
// Adjusts date/times by the timezone offset if timelocalized is set to true.
componentInput.DateTimeSpan = NLDAS.AdjustForOffset(out errorMsg, componentInput) as DateTimeSpan;
// Constructs the url for the NLDAS data request and it's query string.
string url = ConstructURL(out errorMsg, dataset, componentInput);
if (errorMsg.Contains("ERROR"))
{
return(null);
}
// Uses the constructed url to download time series data.
string data = DownloadData(out errorMsg, url);
if (errorMsg.Contains("ERROR"))
{
return(null);
}
return(data);
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses data string from nldas and sets the data for the ITimeSeries object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="errorMsg"></param>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private Dictionary <string, List <string> > SetData(out string errorMsg, string data, bool localTime, string dateFormat, string dataFormat, ITimezone tzDetails)
{
errorMsg = "";
Dictionary <string, List <string> > dataDict = new Dictionary <string, List <string> >();
List <string> timestepData;
double offset = (localTime == true) ? tzDetails.Offset : 0.0;
string[] tsLines = data.Split(new string[] { "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
for (int i = 0; i < tsLines.Length; i++)
{
timestepData = new List <string>();
string[] lineData = tsLines[i].Split(new string[] { "T", "\t" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
timestepData.Add(Convert.ToDouble(lineData[2]).ToString(dataFormat));
dataDict[NLDAS.SetDateToLocal(offset, lineData[0] + " " + lineData[1], dateFormat)] = timestepData;
}
return(dataDict);
}