Update read of GEOS-Chem output to use xarray

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Module for working with global/regional Chemical Transport Model (CTM) output and observations

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Update read of GEOS-Chem output to use xarray #83

Closed tsherwen closed 5 years ago

tsherwen commented 5 years ago

Barron Henderson (EPA) has updated xarray to use pseudonetcdf as a backend to open ctm.bpch files. PyGChem previously used an iris backend to read ctm.bpch, however iris is/was plagued with compatibility issues and PyGChem is no longer maintained. Now use xarray's pseudonetcdf backend.

updates to xarray (v0.10.6) http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/whats-new.html#v0-10-6-31-may-2018
pseudonetcdf https://github.com/barronh/pseudonetcdf

tsherwen commented 5 years ago

Updated to allow the use of PNC backend through xarray complete. closes #83