ADD: Adding new folder for basic IO and data merging tools.

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
 
+*.DS_Store
+*token.json
+
 # C extensions
 *.so
 

io/README.md

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+# IO Scripts and Examples
+This IO area is to house scripts related to reading, standardizing, and writing lidar datasets.  Currently, it has a script for downloading all the relevant datastreams for a particular date range and a Notebook that does something similar along with plotting the data up.  This area will be expanded as needed going forward.

io/get_data.py

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+"""
+This function allows for a user to download data from the relevant datasets.
+Be sure to create a token.json file with your ARM username and token.
+
+"""
+import json
+import act
+
+# Set Date Range
+startdate = '2025-12-01'
+enddate = '2025-12-31'
+
+#Read in ARM Live Data Webservice Token and Username
+with open('./token.json') as f:
+    data = json.load(f)
+username = data['username']
+token = data['token']
+
+sdate = ''.join(startdate.split('-'))
+edate = ''.join(enddate.split('-'))
+
+# Download data from each datastream
+datastreams = ['sgpminimplC1.b1', 'sgpmplpolfsC1.b1', 'sgpceil10mC1.b1', 'sgpceilpolC1.b1',
+               'sgpdlfptC1.b1', 'sgpdlfptE13.b1', 'sgprlC1.a0', 'sgphsrlC1.a1']
+for ds in datastreams:
+    data_dir = './data/' + ds
+    result = act.discovery.download_arm_data(username, token, ds, startdate, enddate, output=data_dir)