Code for managing soil moisture data

SM_data.py

from numpy import *
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
matplotlib.style.use('ggplot')

#read in the .dat file
DataIn = np.genfromtxt('CZC\czc13may.dat', delimiter=',', skip_header=1, )

#create column names
my_columns =['Year', 'JulianDay','HRMin', 'TmpC', 'RelHum', 'BattV', 'PPTmm', 'Temp5cm', 'Temp10cm', 'Temp15cm',
             'Temp20cm', 'Temp50cm','Temp100cm','SM5cm','SM10cm', 'SM15cm', 'SM20cm', 'SM50cm','SM100cm']

#create data frame with data
df = pd.DataFrame(DataIn)

#assign column names to data frame
df.columns = my_columns

#make Julian Day the index
df.index = df.JulianDay

#plot the soil moisture data
plt.figure()
df.plot(x=df.index, y=['SM5cm','SM10cm', 'SM15cm', 'SM20cm', 'SM50cm','SM100cm'])