Source code for pygeobase.io_base

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import os
import abc
import glob
import copy
import warnings
from datetime import datetime
from pygeobase.utils import split_daterange_in_intervals
from pygeobase.object_base import Image

import numpy as np


class StaticBase(object):

    """
    The StaticBase class serves as a template for i/o objects used in
    GriddedStaticBase.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
        File name.
    mode : str, optional
        Opening mode. Default: r
    """
    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

    def __init__(self, filename, mode='r', **kwargs):
        """
        Initialization of i/o object.
        """
        self.filename = filename
        self.mode = mode
        self.kwargs = kwargs

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def read(self, gpi):
        """
        Read data for given grid point.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gpi : int
            Grid point index.

        Returns
        -------
        data : numpy.ndarray
            Data set.
        """
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def write(self, data):
        """
        Write data.

        Parameters
        ----------
        data : numpy.ndarray
            Data records.
        """
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def flush(self):
        """
        Flush data.
        """
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def close(self):
        """
        Close file.
        """
        return


class TsBase(object):

    """
    The TsBase class serves as a template for i/o objects used in
    GriddedTsBase.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
        File name.
    mode : str, optional
        Opening mode. Default: r
    """
    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

    def __init__(self, filename, mode='r', **kwargs):
        """
        Initialization of i/o object.
        """
        self.filename = filename
        self.mode = mode
        self.kwargs = kwargs

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def read_ts(self, gpi, **kwargs):
        """
        Read time series data for given grid point.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gpi : int
            Grid point index.

        Returns
        -------
        data : object
            pygeobase.object_base.TS object.
        """
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def write_ts(self, gpi, data, **kwargs):
        """
        Write data.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gpi : int
            Grid point index.
        data : object
            pygeobase.object_base.TS object.
        """
        return

    def flush(self):
        """
        Flush data.
        """
        return

    def close(self):
        """
        Close file.
        """
        return


class ImageBase(object):

    """
    ImageBase class serves as a template for i/o objects used for reading
    and writing image data.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
        Filename path.
    mode : str, optional
        Opening mode. Default: r

    """
    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

    def __init__(self, filename, mode='r', **kwargs):
        """
        Initialization of i/o object.

        """
        self.filename = filename
        self.mode = mode
        self.kwargs = kwargs

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def read(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Read data of an image file.

        Returns
        -------
        image : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        return

    def read_masked_data(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Read data of an image file and mask the data according to
        specifications.

        Returns
        -------
        image : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        raise NotImplementedError('Please implement to enable.')

    def resample_data(self, image, index, distance, weights, **kwargs):
        """
        Takes an image and resample (interpolate) the image data to
        arbitrary defined locations given by index and distance.

        The default implementation just takes the weighted mean of
        all defined distances.

        Parameters
        ----------
        image : :py:class`pygeobase.object_base.Image` or numpy.recarray
            Image or numpy.recarray like object with shape = (x, )
        index : np.array
            Index into image data defining a look-up table for data elements
            used in the interpolation process for each defined target
            location. For each point in image the neighbors in the targed
            grid are in the index array. This array is of shape (x, max_neighbors)
        distance : np.array
            Array representing the distances of the image data to the
            arbitrary defined locations.
            The distances of points not to use are set to np.inf
            This array is of shape (x, max_neighbors)
        weights : np.array
            Array representing the weights of the image data that should be
            used during resampling.
            The weights of points not to use are set to np.nan
            This array is of shape (x, max_neighbors)

        Returns
        -------
        target : dict
            dictionary with a numpy.ndarray for each field in
            the input image. We can not return a image here
            since we do not know the target latitudes and longitudes.
        """
        total_weights = np.nansum(weights, axis=1)

        target = {}
        for name in image.dtype.names:
            target[name] = np.nansum(
                image[name][index] * weights, axis=1) / total_weights

        return target

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def write(self, image, **kwargs):
        """
        Write data to an image file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        image : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def flush(self):
        """
        Flush data.
        """
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def close(self):
        """
        Close file.
        """
        return


class GriddedBase(object):

    """
    The GriddedBase class uses another IO class together with a grid
    object to read/write a dataset under the given path.

    Parameters
    ----------
    path : string
        Path to dataset.
    grid : pygeogrids.BasicGrid of CellGrid instance
        Grid on which the time series data is stored.
    ioclass : class
        IO class.
    mode : str, optional
        File mode and can be read 'r', write 'w' or append 'a'. Default: 'r'
    fn_format : str, optional
        The string format of the cell files. Default: '{:04d}'
    ioclass_kws : dict, optional
        Additional keyword arguments for the ioclass. Default: None
    """

    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

    def __init__(self, path, grid, ioclass, mode='r', fn_format='{:04d}',
                 ioclass_kws=None):

        self.path = path
        self.grid = grid
        self.ioclass = ioclass
        self.mode = mode
        self.fn_format = fn_format
        self.previous_cell = None
        self.fid = None

        if ioclass_kws is None:
            self.ioclass_kws = {}
        else:
            self.ioclass_kws = ioclass_kws

    def __enter__(self):
        """
        Context manager initialization.

        Returns
        -------
        self : GriddedStaticBase object
            self
        """
        return self

    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
        """
        Exit the runtime context related to this object. The file will be
        closed. The parameters describe the exception that caused the
        context to be exited.

        exc_type :

        exc_value :

        traceback :

        """
        self.close()

    def _open(self, gp):
        """
        Open file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gp : int
            Grid point.

        Returns
        -------
        success : boolean
            Flag if opening the file was successful.
        """
        success = True
        cell = self.grid.gpi2cell(gp)
        filename = os.path.join(self.path, self.fn_format.format(cell))

        if self.mode == 'r':
            if self.previous_cell != cell:
                self.close()

                try:
                    self.fid = self.ioclass(filename, mode=self.mode,
                                            **self.ioclass_kws)
                except IOError as e:
                    success = False
                    self.fid = None
                    msg = "I/O error({0}): {1}, {2}".format(e.errno,
                                                            e.strerror,
                                                            filename)
                    warnings.warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)
                    self.previous_cell = None
                else:
                    self.previous_cell = cell

        if self.mode in ['w', 'a']:
            if self.previous_cell != cell:
                self.flush()
                self.close()
                try:
                    self.fid = self.ioclass(filename, mode=self.mode,
                                            **self.ioclass_kws)
                except IOError as e:
                    success = False
                    self.fid = None
                    msg = "I/O error({0}): {1}, {2}".format(e.errno,
                                                            e.strerror,
                                                            filename)
                    warnings.warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)
                    self.previous_cell = None
                else:
                    self.previous_cell = cell

        return success

    def _read_lonlat(self, lon, lat, **kwargs):
        """
        Reading data for given longitude and latitude coordinate.

        Parameters
        ----------
        lon : float
            Longitude coordinate.
        lat : float
            Latitude coordinate.

        Returns
        -------
        data : dict of values
            data record.
        """
        gp, _ = self.grid.find_nearest_gpi(lon, lat)

        return self._read_gp(gp, **kwargs)

    def _read_gp(self, gp, **kwargs):
        """
        Read data for given grid point.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gp : int
            Grid point.

        Returns
        -------
        data : numpy.ndarray
            Data set or None in case of an error.
        """
        if self.mode in ['w']:
            raise IOError("File is not open in read mode")

        data = None

        if self._open(gp):
            data = self.fid.read(gp, **kwargs)

        return data

    def read(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Takes either 1 or 2 arguments and calls the correct function
        which is either reading the gpi directly or finding
        the nearest gpi from given lat,lon coordinates and then reading it
        """
        if len(args) == 1:
            data = self._read_gp(args[0], **kwargs)
        if len(args) == 2:
            data = self._read_lonlat(args[0], args[1], **kwargs)
        if len(args) < 1 or len(args) > 2:
            raise ValueError("Wrong number of arguments")

        return data

    def _write_lonlat(self, lon, lat, data, **kwargs):
        """
        Write time series for given longitude and latitude coordinate.

        Parameters
        ----------
        lon : float
            Longitude coordinate.
        lat : float
            Latitude coordinate.
        data : numpy.ndarray
            Data records.
        """
        gp, _ = self.grid.find_nearest_gpi(lon, lat)

        return self._write_gp(gp, data, **kwargs)

    def write(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Takes either 1 or 2 arguments and calls the correct function
        which is either writing the gpi directly or finding
        the nearest gpi from given lat,lon coordinates and then writing it.
        """
        if len(args) == 1:
            # args: data
            self._write_gp(args[0]['gpi'], args[0], **kwargs)
        if len(args) == 2:
            # args: gp, data
            self._write_gp(args[0], args[1], **kwargs)
        if len(args) == 3:
            # args: lon, lat, data
            self._write_lonlat(args[0], args[1], args[2], **kwargs)
        if len(args) < 1 or len(args) > 3:
            raise ValueError("Wrong number of arguments")

    def _write_gp(self, gp, data, **kwargs):
        """
        Write data for given grid point.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gp : int
            Grid point.
        data : numpy.ndarray
            Data
        """
        if self.mode in ['r']:
            raise IOError("File is not open in write/append mode")

        if self._open(gp):
            lon, lat = self.grid.gpi2lonlat(gp)
            self.fid.write(gp, data, lon=lon, lat=lat, **kwargs)

    def iter_gp(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Yield all values for all grid points.

        Yields
        ------
        data : pandas.DataFrame
            Data set.
        gp : int
            Grid point.
        """
        if 'll_bbox' in kwargs:
            latmin, latmax, lonmin, lonmax = kwargs['ll_bbox']
            gps = self.grid.get_bbox_grid_points(latmin, latmax,
                                                 lonmin, lonmax)
            kwargs.pop('ll_bbox', None)
        elif 'gpis' in kwargs:
            subgrid = self.grid.subgrid_from_gpis(kwargs['gpis'])
            gp_info = list(subgrid.grid_points())
            gps = np.array(gp_info, dtype=np.int)[:, 0]
            kwargs.pop('gpis', None)
        else:
            gp_info = list(self.grid.grid_points())
            gps = np.array(gp_info, dtype=np.int)[:, 0]

        for gp in gps:

            try:
                data = self._read_gp(gp, **kwargs)
            except IOError as e:
                msg = "I/O error({0}): {1}, {2}".format(e.errno,
                                                        e.strerror,
                                                        str(gp))
                warnings.warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)
                data = None

            yield data, gp

    def flush(self):
        """
        Flush data.
        """
        if self.fid is not None:
            self.fid.flush()

    def close(self):
        """
        Close file.
        """
        if self.fid is not None:
            self.fid.close()
            self.fid = None

    def get_spatial_subset(self, gpis=None, cells=None, ll_bbox=None,
                           grid=None):
        """
        Select spatial subset and return data set with new grid.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gpis : numpy.ndarray
            Grid point indices.
        cells : numpy.ndarray
            Cell number.
        ll_bbox : tuple (latmin, latmax, lonmin, lonmax)
            Lat/Lon bounding box
        grid : pygeogrids.CellGrid
            Grid object.

        Returns
        -------
        dataset : GriddedBase or child
            New data set with for spatial subset.
        """
        if gpis:
            new_grid = self.grid.subgrid_from_gpis(gpis)

        if cells:
            new_grid = self.grid.subgrid_from_cells(cells)

        if ll_bbox:
            latmin, latmax, lonmin, lonmax = ll_bbox
            gps = self.grid.get_bbox_grid_points(latmin, latmax,
                                                 lonmin, lonmax)
            new_grid = self.grid.subgrid_from_gpis(gps)

        if grid:
            new_grid = grid

        dataset = copy.deepcopy(self)
        dataset.grid = new_grid

        return dataset


class GriddedStaticBase(GriddedBase):

    """
    The GriddedStaticBase class uses another IO class together with a grid
    object to read/write a dataset under the given path.
    """

    warnings.warn("GriddedStaticBase is deprecated,"
                  " please use GriddedBase instead.", DeprecationWarning)


class GriddedTsBase(GriddedBase):

    """
    The GriddedTsBase class uses another IO class together with a grid object
    to read/write a time series dataset under the given path.
    """

    def _read_gp(self, gp, **kwargs):
        """
        Reads time series for a given grid point index.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gp : int
            Grid point.

        Returns
        -------
        data : object
            pygeobase.object_base.TS object
        """
        if self.mode in ['w']:
            raise IOError("File is not open in read mode")

        data = None

        if self._open(gp):
            data = self.fid.read_ts(gp, **kwargs)

        return data

    def _write_gp(self, gp, data, **kwargs):
        """
        Write data for given grid point.

        Parameters
        ----------
        gp : int
            Grid point.
        data : object
            pygeobase.object_base.TS object
        """
        if self.mode in ['r']:
            raise IOError("File is not open in write/append mode")

        if self._open(gp):
            lon, lat = self.grid.gpi2lonlat(gp)
            self.fid.write_ts(gp, data, lon=lon, lat=lat, **kwargs)

    def read_ts(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Takes either 1 or 2 arguments and calls the correct function
        which is either reading the gpi directly or finding
        the nearest gpi from given lat,lon coordinates and then reading it
        """
        warnings.warn("read_ts is deprecated, please use read "
                      "instead.", DeprecationWarning)
        return self.read(*args, **kwargs)

    def write_ts(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Takes either 1, 2 or 3 arguments (the last one always needs to be the
        data to be written) and calls the correct function which is either
        writing the gp directly or finding the nearest gp from given
        lon, lat coordinates and then reading it.
        """
        warnings.warn("write_ts is deprecated, please use write "
                      "instead.", DeprecationWarning)
        return self.write(*args, **kwargs)

    def iter_ts(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Yield time series for all grid points.
        Yields
        ------
        data : object
            pygeobase.object_base.TS object
        gp : int
            Grid point.
        """
        warnings.warn("iter_ts is deprecated, please use iter_gp "
                      "instead.", DeprecationWarning)
        return self.iter_gp(**kwargs)


class MultiTemporalImageBase(object):

    """
    The MultiTemporalImageBase class make use of an ImageBase object to
    read/write a sequence of multi temporal images under a given path.

    Parameters
    ----------
    path : string
        Path to dataset.
    ioclass : class
        IO class.
    mode : str, optional
        File mode and can be read 'r', write 'w' or append 'a'. Default: 'r'
    fname_templ : str
        Filename template of the data to read. Default placeholder for
        parsing datetime information into the fname_templ is "{datetime}".
        e.g. "ASCAT_{datetime}_image.nc" will be translated into the filename
        ASCAT_20070101_image.nc for the date 2007-01-01.
    datetime_format : str
        String specifying the format of the datetime object to be parsed
        into the fname_template.
        e.g. "%Y/%m" will result in 2007/01 for datetime 2007-01-01 12:15:00
    subpath_templ : list, optional
        If given it is used to generate a sub-paths from the given timestamp.
        Each item in the list represents one folder level. This can be used
        if the files for May 2007 are e.g. in folders 2007/05/ then the
        files can be accessed via the list ['%Y', '%m'].
    ioclass_kws : dict
        Additional keyword arguments for the ioclass.
    exact_templ : boolean, optional
        If True then the fname_templ matches the filename exactly.
        If False then the fname_templ will be used in glob to find the file.
    dtime_placeholder : str
        String used in fname_templ as placeholder for datetime.
        Default value is "datetime".
    """
    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

    def __init__(self, path, ioclass, mode='r', fname_templ="",
                 datetime_format="", subpath_templ=None, ioclass_kws=None,
                 exact_templ=True, dtime_placeholder="datetime"):

        self.path = path
        self.ioclass = ioclass
        self.mode = mode
        self.fname_templ = fname_templ
        self.datetime_format = datetime_format
        self.subpath_templ = subpath_templ
        self.exact_templ = exact_templ
        self.dtime_placeholder = dtime_placeholder
        self.fid = None

        if ioclass_kws is None:
            self.ioclass_kws = {}
        else:
            self.ioclass_kws = ioclass_kws

    def __enter__(self):
        """
        Context manager initialization.

        Returns
        -------
        self : GriddedBaseTs object
            self
        """
        return self

    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
        """
        Exit the runtime context related to this object. The file will be
        closed. The parameters describe the exception that caused the
        context to be exited.

        exc_type :

        exc_value :

        traceback :

        """
        self.close()

    def flush(self):
        """
        Flush data.
        """
        if self.fid is not None:
            self.fid.flush()

    def close(self):
        """
        Close file.
        """
        if self.fid is not None:
            self.fid.close()
            self.fid = None

    def _open(self, filepath):
        """
        Open file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        filepath : str
            Path to file.

        Returns
        -------
        success : boolean
            Flag if opening the file was successful.
        """
        success = True
        self.close()

        try:
            self.fid = self.ioclass(filepath, mode=self.mode,
                                    **self.ioclass_kws)
        except IOError as e:
            self.fid = None
            success = False
            warnings.warn("I/O error({0}): {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror),
                          RuntimeWarning)

        return success

    def _search_files(self, timestamp, custom_templ=None, str_param=None,
                      custom_datetime_format=None):
        """
        searches for filenames with the given timestamp. This function is
        used by _build_filename which then checks if a unique filename was
        found.

        Parameters
        ----------
        timestamp: datetime
            Datetime for given filename
        custom_tmpl : string, optional
            If given the custom_templ is used instead of the fname_templ. This
            is convenient for some datasets where not all file names follow
            the same convention and where the read_image function can choose
            between templates based on some condition.
        custom_datetime_format: string, optional
            If given the custom_datetime_format will be used instead of the
            datetime_format. This adds support to search for multiple files
            for example for a given day, a given month or a specific year.
        str_param : dict, optional
            If given then this dict will be applied to the fname_templ using
            the fname_templ.format(**str_param) notation before the resulting
            string is put into datetime.strftime.

            - example from python documentation:
                coord = {'latitude': '37.24N', 'longitude': '-115.81W'}
                'Coordinates: {latitude}, {longitude}'.format(**coord)
                'Coordinates: 37.24N, -115.81W'
        """
        if custom_templ is not None:
            fname_templ = custom_templ
        else:
            fname_templ = self.fname_templ

        if custom_datetime_format is not None:
            dFormat = {self.dtime_placeholder: custom_datetime_format}

        else:
            dFormat = {self.dtime_placeholder: self.datetime_format}

        fname_templ = fname_templ.format(**dFormat)

        if str_param is not None:
            fname_templ = fname_templ.format(**str_param)

        sub_path = ''
        if self.subpath_templ is not None:
            for s in self.subpath_templ:
                sub_path = os.path.join(sub_path, timestamp.strftime(s))

        search_file = os.path.join(self.path, sub_path,
                                   timestamp.strftime(fname_templ))

        if self.exact_templ:
            return [search_file]
        else:
            filename = glob.glob(search_file)

        if not filename:
            filename = []

        return filename

    def _build_filename(self, timestamp, custom_templ=None,
                        str_param=None):
        """
        This function uses _search_files to find the correct
        filename and checks if the search was unambiguous

        Parameters
        ----------
        timestamp: datetime
            datetime for given filename
        custom_tmpl : string, optional
            If given the fname_templ is not used but the custom_templ. This
            is convenient for some datasets where not all file names follow
            the same convention and where the read_image function can choose
            between templates based on some condition.
        str_param : dict, optional
            If given then this dict will be applied to the fname_templ using
            the fname_templ.format(**str_param) notation before the resulting
            string is put into datetime.strftime.

            example from python documentation
            >>> coord = {'latitude': '37.24N', 'longitude': '-115.81W'}
            >>> 'Coordinates: {latitude}, {longitude}'.format(**coord)
            'Coordinates: 37.24N, -115.81W'
        """
        filename = self._search_files(timestamp, custom_templ=custom_templ,
                                      str_param=str_param)
        if len(filename) == 0:
            raise IOError("No file found for {:}".format(timestamp.ctime()))
        if len(filename) > 1:
            raise IOError(
                "File search is ambiguous {:}".format(filename))

        return filename[0]

    def _assemble_img(self, timestamp, mask=False, **kwargs):
        """
        Function between read_img and _build_filename that can
        be used to read a different file for each parameter in a image
        dataset. In the standard implementation it is assumed
        that all necessary information of an image is stored in the
        one file whose filename is built by the _build_filname function.

        Parameters
        ----------
        timestamp : datetime
            timestamp of the image to assemble
        mask : optional, boolean
            Switch to read already masked data which requires the
            implementation of an read_mask_data() in the ioclass

        Returns
        -------
        img: object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        filepath = self._build_filename(timestamp)
        img = None

        if self._open(filepath):
            kwargs['timestamp'] = timestamp
            if mask is False:
                img = self.fid.read(**kwargs)
            else:
                img = self.fid.read_masked_data(**kwargs)

        return img

    def read(self, timestamp, **kwargs):
        """
        Return an image for a specific timestamp.

        Parameters
        ----------
        timestamp : datetime.datetime
            Time stamp.

        Returns
        -------
        image : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        return self._assemble_img(timestamp, **kwargs)

    def write(self, timestamp, data, **kwargs):
        """
        Write image data for a given timestamp.

        Parameters
        ----------
        timestamp : datetime.datetime
            exact timestamp of the image
        data : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        if self.mode in ['r']:
            raise IOError("File is not open in write/append mode")

        filename = self._build_filename(timestamp)

        self.fid.write(filename, data, **kwargs)

    def get_tstamp_from_filename(self, filename):
        """
        Return the timestamp contained in a given file name in accordance to
        the defined fname_templ.

        Parameters
        ----------
        filename : string
            File name.

        Returns
        -------
        tstamp : datetime.dateime
            Time stamp according to fname_templ as datetime object.
        """
        StartPos = self.fname_templ.find(self.dtime_placeholder) - 1
        EndPos = StartPos + len(datetime.now().strftime(self.datetime_format))
        StringDate = filename[StartPos:EndPos]

        return datetime.strptime(StringDate, self.datetime_format)

    def tstamps_for_daterange(self, start_date, end_date):
        """
        Return all valid timestamps in a given date range.
        This method must be implemented if iteration over
        images should be possible.

        Parameters
        ----------
        start_date : datetime.date or datetime.datetime
            start date
        end_date : datetime.date or datetime.datetime
            end date

        Returns
        -------
        dates : list
            list of datetimes
        """

        raise NotImplementedError(
            "Please implement to enable iteration over date ranges.")

    def iter_images(self, start_date, end_date, **kwargs):
        """
        Yield all images for a given date range.

        Parameters
        ----------
        start_date : datetime.date or datetime.datetime
            start date
        end_date : datetime.date or datetime.datetime
            end date

        Returns
        -------
        image : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        timestamps = self.tstamps_for_daterange(start_date, end_date)

        if timestamps:
            for timestamp in timestamps:
                yield_img = self.read(timestamp, **kwargs)
                yield yield_img
        else:
            raise IOError("no files found for given date range")

    def daily_images(self, day, **kwargs):
        """
        Yield all images for a day.

        Parameters
        ----------
        day : datetime.date

        Returns
        -------
        img : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        start = datetime(day.year, day.month, day.day)
        end = datetime(day.year, day.month, day.day,
                       23, 59, 59, 999999)
        for img in self.iter_images(start, end, **kwargs):
            yield img

    def resample_image(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.fid.resample_data(*args, **kwargs)


class IntervalReadingMixin(object):

    """
    Class overwrites functions to enable reading of
    multiple images in a time interval as one chunk.
    E.g. reading 3 minute files in 50 minute half-orbit chunks.
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if 'chunk_minutes' in kwargs:
            self.chunk_minutes = kwargs.pop('chunk_minutes')
        else:
            self.chunk_minutes = 50
        super(IntervalReadingMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def tstamps_for_daterange(self, startdate, enddate):
        """
        Here we split the period between startdate and enddate into
        intervals of size self.chunk_minutes.
        These interval reference dates are then translated to
        the actual file dates during reading of the chunks.

        Returns
        -------
        intervals: list of tuples
            list of (start, end) of intervals
        """
        intervals = split_daterange_in_intervals(startdate, enddate,
                                                 self.chunk_minutes)
        return intervals

    def read(self, interval, **kwargs):
        """
        Return an image for a specific interval.

        Parameters
        ----------
        interval : tuple
            (start, end)

        Returns
        -------
        image : object
            pygeobase.object_base.Image object
        """
        start, end = interval
        timestamps = super(IntervalReadingMixin,
                           self).tstamps_for_daterange(start, end)

        if len(timestamps) == 0:
            return None

        dataset = {}
        metadataset = {}
        lons = []
        lats = []
        for timestamp in timestamps:
            img = super(IntervalReadingMixin, self).read(timestamp)

            for key in img.data:
                if key not in dataset:
                    dataset[key] = []
                dataset[key].append(img.data[key])

            metadataset[timestamp] = img.metadata
            lons.append(img.lon)
            lats.append(img.lat)

        for key in dataset:
            dataset[key] = np.concatenate(dataset[key])

        lons = np.concatenate(lons)
        lats = np.concatenate(lats)

        return Image(lons, lats, dataset, metadataset,
                     interval[0], timekey=img.timekey)