address @durack1 concerns

src/python/diurnal/common.py

@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ def populateStringConstructor(template, args):
  "--append",
  default=False,
  action="store_true",
- help="append in json file in json exist (e.g. adding a model to file)")
+ help="append in json file if json exist (e.g. adding a model to file)")

src/python/diurnal/fourierFFT.py

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 Do NOT detrend the time series first, in order to retain the "sawtooth" frequency implied by the input length of the
 time series (e.g. the 24-hour period from a composite-diurnal cycle).
 
-On input: x[i, j] = values  at each gridpoint (i) for N times (j), e.g. N = 8 for a 3-hr composite-diurnal cycle
- t[i, j] = timepoints  at each gridpoint (i) for N times (j), e.g. Local Standard Times
+On input: x[i, j] = values at each gridpoint (i) for N times (j), e.g. N = 8 for a 3-hr composite-diurnal cycle
+  t[i, j] = timepoints at each gridpoint (i) for N times (j), e.g. Local Standard Times
 
 On output: c[i] = mean value at each gridpoint (i) in the time series (= constant term in Fourier series)
- maxvalue[i, k] = amplitude  at each gridpoint (i) for each Fourier harmonic (k)
- tmax [i, k] = time of maximum at each gridpoint (i) for each Fourier harmonic (k)
+  maxvalue[i, k] = amplitude at each gridpoint (i) for each Fourier harmonic (k)
+  tmax [i, k] = time of maximum at each gridpoint (i) for each Fourier harmonic (k)
 
-  Curt Covey, PCMDI/LLNL  November 2016
- (from ./fourier.py and ./fourierTestFFT.py)
+ Curt Covey, PCMDI/LLNL November 2016
+  (from ./fourier.py and ./fourierTestFFT.py)
  '''
  import numpy
  nGridPoints = len(x)