radproc.raw.unzip_RW_binaries

radproc.raw.unzip_RW_binaries(zipFolder, outFolder)

Unzips RADOLAN RW binary data saved in monthly .tar or tar.gz archives (e.g. RWrea_200101.tar.gz, RWrea_200102.tar.gz).

If necessary, extracted binary files are zipped to .gz archives to save memory space on disk. Creates directory tree of style

<outFolder>/<year>/<month>/<binaries with hourly data as .gz files>

Parameters:
zipFolder : string
Path of directory containing RW data as monthly tar / tar.gz archives to be unzipped. Archive names must contain year and month at end of basename: RWrea_200101.tar or RWrea_200101.tar.gz
outFolder : string
Path of output directory. Will be created if it doesn’t exist, yet.
Returns:
No return value