feature #170 initial commit. Only reads in an empty yaml config file

metplotpy/contributed/stratosphere_diagnostics/stratospheric_diagnostics_plot.py

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+"""
+Plotting for Stratosphere diagnostics
+ """
+__author__ = 'Zach D. Lawrence (CIRES/CU, NOAA/PSL), modified by Minna Win (NCAR)'
+
+import xarray as xr
+import numpy as np
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+from metcalcpy.pre_processing.directional_means import meridional_mean
+from metcalcpy.pre_processing.directional_means import zonal_mean
+import yaml
+from metplotpy.plots import util
+
+def main(config_filename=None):
+    # Retrieve the contents of the custom config file to over-ride
+    # or augment settings defined by the default config file.
+    if not config_filename:
+        config_file = util.read_config_from_command_line()
+    else:
+        config_file = config_filename
+    with open(config_file, 'r') as stream:
+        try:
+            docs = yaml.load(stream, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
+            print(exc)
+
+    try:
+        pass
+    except ValueError as val_er:
+        print(val_er)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()