imap_processing.codice.codice_l1a.get_de_metadata#

imap_processing.codice.codice_l1a.get_de_metadata(packets: Dataset, segment: int) bytes#

Gather and return packet metadata (From packet_version through byte_count).

Extract the metadata in the segmented direct event packet, which is then used to construct the full data of the group of segments.

Parameters:
  • packets (xarray.Dataset) – The segmented direct event packet data.

  • segment (int) – The index of the segment of interest.

Returns:

metadata – The compressed metadata for the segmented packet.

Return type:

bytes