xarray-contrib / xwrf

A lightweight interface for working with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model output in Xarray.
https://xwrf.readthedocs.io/
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Add earth-relative rotation of U10/V10 fields #113

Closed lpilz closed 1 year ago

lpilz commented 1 year ago

Change Summary

Adds rotation of U10/V10 wind fields like U/V.

Related issue number

Closes #112

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lpilz commented 1 year ago

Wasn't quite sure if there is a standard_name for earth-relative 10m winds, which I just couldn't find but I guess it doesn't exist.

jthielen commented 1 year ago

Wasn't quite sure if there is a standard_name for earth-relative 10m winds, which I just couldn't find but I guess it doesn't exist.

Yeah, I haven't found a good consensus for handling these, so I've usually just skipped the standard name (like done here). If it were to be implemented, the possibilities I'd see are:

lpilz commented 1 year ago

Great! Thanks for your insight. I guess, we'll just amend it once these names are actually part of the CF standards...