Create meteorology data¶

Create MetDataset and MetDataArray data structures for working with meteorology data.

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from datetime import datetime

import xarray as xr
import numpy as np

from pycontrails import MetDataset, MetDataArray, MetVariable

MetVariable¶

Dataclass to contain metadata for meteorology variables.

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mv = MetVariable(short_name="mv", standard_name="met_variable", long_name="Custom Met Variable")
mv

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MetVariable(short_name='mv', standard_name='met_variable', long_name='Custom Met Variable', level_type=None, ecmwf_id=None, grib1_id=None, grib2_id=None, units=None, amip=None, description=None)

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# attrs shorthand
mv.attrs

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{'short_name': 'mv',
 'standard_name': 'met_variable',
 'long_name': 'Custom Met Variable'}

Built-in Variables¶

pycontrails contains many standard met variables in the pycontrails.core.met_var module.

The standard_name attribute is used by default as string references through the repository.

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from pycontrails.core.met_var import (
    AirTemperature,
    SpecificHumidity,
)

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AirTemperature.attrs

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{'short_name': 't',
 'standard_name': 'air_temperature',
 'long_name': 'Air Temperature',
 'units': 'K'}

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SpecificHumidity.attrs

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{'short_name': 'q',
 'standard_name': 'specific_humidity',
 'long_name': 'Specific Humidity',
 'units': 'kg kg**-1'}