read_noise_data

beast.tools.read_beast_data.read_noise_data(filename, param_list=['bias', 'completeness', 'error'], filter_col=None)[source]

Read some or all of the noise model parameters, for one or all of the filters

Parameters:
filename : string

name of the file with the BEAST observationmodel grid

param_list : list of strings

the set of parameters to extract

filter_col : int (default=None)

if set, only return the data for this column number

Returns:
noise_data : dictonary

contains arrays of the noise parameters