MazamaScience / AirFireWRF

Utilities for working with WRF atmospheric model data
https://mazamascience.github.io/AirFireWRF/
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see how WRFmet::layer_~() functions could help in AirFireModeling::raster_map() #28

Closed jonathancallahan closed 4 years ago

jonathancallahan commented 4 years ago

Background

The AirFireModeling package is supposed to make it easy to compare Bluesky smoke predictions with monitoring timeseries. There is a ton of focus on the conversion of Bluesky grids to timeseries and vice versa.

The WRFmet (?to be renamed AirFireWRF?) package is supposed to make it easy to make maps that mix WRF and Bluesky rasters with a combination of rasters, vectorFields and contours.

But there is some overlap in functionality when it comes to the map making functions in AirFireModeling and AirFireWRF.

This task is an exploration of the new layer_~() functions to see how the AirFireModeling::raster_map() would be different if it could use the layer_~() functions.

You should spend a day trying to create a function in local_tate/ that mimics the functionality of AirFireModeling::raster_map(). From this exploration, we will hopefully be able to identify the best way forward.

For instance: Should we be creating a package called AirFireRasterUtils with your layering functions, various NetCDF utility functions and anything else that helps with .nc files?