Non-descriptive grid names in intake catalog (simulations)

[suessspeise]

This concerns the intake catalog of the grids for the EUREC4A LES simulations.

import eurec4a
grids = eurec4a.get_intake_catalog().simulations.grids
list(grids)

fetches this rather cryptic list:

['6b59890b-99f3-939b-e76a-0a3ad2e43140',
 '3c7523ba-f78c-c23e-6654-012805ba3300',
 'ecf22d17-dcee-1510-a807-11ae4a612be0']

Better desriptions are available:

for grid in list(grids):
    print(grids[grid].description)

ICON LES horizontal grid of DOM01 (EUREC4A_PR1250m_DOM01)
ICON LES horizontal grid of DOM02 (EUREC4A_PR1250m_DOM02)
ICON LES vertical grid of DOM01 (EUREC4A_PR1250m_DOM01)

But the identifiers could also be more informative.

[d70-t]

The catalog intentionally contains the UUIDs of the grids. They are unique identifiers and are not meant to be interpreted in any way. Instead they should be used like:

data = get_some_dataset()
hgrid = grids[data.uuidOfHGrid].to_dask()
vgrid = grids[data.uuidOfVGrid].to_dask()

By using non-descriptive opaque identifiers, it's easier not to accidentally have two different grids which end up having the same name.

[suessspeise]

fair enough 😢