Requirements for Model's and 2d Observations

[bbakernoaa]

Requirements for Model's and 2D Observations

Requirements for new multidimensional objects

• All datasests should be store as a xarray dataset or opened as an xarray dataarray.

• If the data can be retrieved via opendap or ftp a method should be created to do so.

• All model data should be opened with a method called dataobj.open_dataset(....) which returns the xarray object

• Units are required for all fields and should be stored as an attribute. The units need to be converted to:

  • Kelvin
  • ppbv
  • dobson
  • ug/m3
  • w/m2
  • m/s
  • etc.....

• All datasets should include the latitude and longitude as coordinates in the xarray dataset with dimensions (y,x)

• dimensions should have the names x,y,z, and time where time is the GMT date

[amcz]

There was an _dataset_to_monet function in the monet_accessor which was useful for getting xarrays in the proper format. Is there a replacement function or has it been moved to another location?

[bbakernoaa]

This function still exists. It is in monet.dataset_to_monet or the function will apply to most datasets without any issues (ie when you call the monet functions it tries to apply the function automagically).

[zmoon]

Moved to https://github.com/noaa-oar-arl/monetio/wiki