plots.identifiers

Attributes

LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
TIME
VARIABLE_NAME_PREFERENCE
X
Y

Functions

find(array, identity)
find_latitude(array)
find_longitude(array)
find_time(array)
find_x(array)
find_y(array)
is_regular_latlon(data)	Determine whether data is on a regular lat-lon grid.
xarray_variable_name(dataset[, element])	Get the best long name representing the variable in an xarray Dataset.

Module Contents

plots.identifiers.LATITUDE = ['latitude', 'lat']

plots.identifiers.LONGITUDE = ['longitude', 'long', 'lon']

plots.identifiers.TIME = ['t', 'time', 'valid_time', 'date', 'dayofyear', 'month', 'year']

plots.identifiers.VARIABLE_NAME_PREFERENCE = ['long_name', 'standard_name', 'name', 'short_name']

plots.identifiers.X = ['x', 'X', 'xc', 'projection_x_coordinate', 'longitude', 'long', 'lon']

plots.identifiers.Y = ['y', 'Y', 'yc', 'projection_y_coordinate', 'latitude', 'lat']

plots.identifiers.find(array, identity)

plots.identifiers.find_latitude(array)

plots.identifiers.find_longitude(array)

plots.identifiers.find_time(array)

plots.identifiers.find_x(array)

plots.identifiers.find_y(array)

plots.identifiers.is_regular_latlon(data)

Determine whether data is on a regular lat-lon grid.

plots.identifiers.xarray_variable_name(dataset, element=None)

Get the best long name representing the variable in an xarray Dataset.

Parameters:

• dataarray (xarray.Dataset) – The Dataset from which to extract a variable name.

• element (str, optional) – If passed, the variable name for the given element will be extracted.