def get_data(var, calipso_scaling=False):
    """
    Reads raw data from a NetCDF.Variable instance.

    :param var: The specific Variable instance to read
    :return:  A numpy maskedarray. Missing values are False in the mask.
    """
    from jasmin_cis.utils import create_masked_array_for_missing_data
    data = var[:]
    return data
