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data.lowpass

data.lowpass applies a digital filter to data. This is generally a single pole low pass filter.

Command Line Usage

data.lowpass [--t=3] [--a=1,2...] [--b=1,2...] [--gap=1860] 
             [--nocut] [variables]

Arguments

variables

A list of variables (as regular expressions) to apply the filter to. The default is all variables that have decimal (not strictly integer) values and are no flags.

--t=3

Set the filter to a single pole low pass digital filter with the given “time constant”. The time constant is the number of points for the filter to reach ~67% of the final value after a step change.

The default is a filter with a time constant of three.

--a=1,2...

Set the “A” constants for a general digital filter. These are the coefficients applied to the unsmoothed data, with the most recent first.

--b=1,2...

Set the “B” constants for a general digital filter. These are the coefficients applied to the smoothed data values, with the most recent (the prior point) first.

--gap=1860

Set the gap detection threshold in seconds. If there is a gap between points longer than this value the filter is reset.

--nocut

Disable separate smoothers for each cut size.

Example Usage

A single pole low pass filter with a time constant of three

data.get bnd S11a 2010:1 2010:2 | data.lowpass

A single pole low pass filter with a time constant of five

data.get bnd S11a 2010:1 2010:2 | data.lowpass

A one pole, four pass digital filter

data.get bnd S11a 2010:1 2010:2 | data.lowpass --a=0.191534592419177 --b="1.353805290698;-0.687295786920706;0.155077445434616;-0.013121541631082"