aerosoltools.loaders.Load_Aethalometer_file

aerosoltools.loaders.Load_Aethalometer_file(file, extra_data=False)

Load data from Aethalometer output files.

This function reads data exported by an Aethalometer, extracting black carbon concentration components and optional metadata into an Aerosolalt object.

Parameters

filestr: Path to a .csv or .txt file generated by the Aethalometer.
extra_databool, optional: If True, stores all non-primary columns in .extra_data. Default is False.

Returns

AethalometerAerosolalt: Object containing: - ‘Datetime’, ‘IR BCc’, ‘Biomass BCc’, ‘Fossil fuel BCc’, and ‘AAE’ columns (in ng/m³) - Metadata including serial number and optical configuration

Raises

Exception: If the data file is empty.

Parameters:

file (str)
extra_data (bool)

Return type: