nwm_eval.utils.read_data

nwm_eval.utils.read_data(file_path, dtype=None, parse_dates=None)

Read data from a csv or parquet file.

Return type:

DataFrame | GeoDataFrame

Parameters:

• file_path (Path | str) – Path to the file to read, with file format determined by the file extension

• .parquet). ((.csv or)

• dtype (dict[str, str] | None) – Optional dictionary specifying the data types for specific columns.

• parse_dates (list[str] | None) – Optional list of columns to parse as dates.

Returns:

DataFrame or GeoDataFrame containing the data from the file.

Return type:

pd.DataFrame | gpd.GeoDataFrame