satpy.modifiers.base module

Base modifier classes and utilities.

class satpy.modifiers.base.ModifierBase(name, prerequisites=None, optional_prerequisites=None, **kwargs)

Bases: CompositeBase

Base class for all modifiers.

A modifier in Satpy is a class that takes one input DataArray to be changed along with zero or more other input DataArrays used to perform these changes. The result of a modifier typically has a lot of the same metadata (name, units, etc) as the original DataArray, but the data is different. A modified DataArray can be differentiated from the original DataArray by the modifiers property of its DataID.

See the CompositeBase class for information on the similar concept of “compositors”.

Initialise the compositor.