xarray.DataArray.cf.formula_terms#

DataArray.cf.formula_terms#

Property that returns a dictionary mapping the parametric coordinate’s name to a dictionary that maps “standard term names” to actual variable names.

Returns:

dict: Dictionary of the form {parametric_coord_name: {standard_term_name: variable_name}}

References

Please refer to the CF conventions document :

Examples

>>> import cf_xarray
>>> from cf_xarray.datasets import romsds

The s_rho DataArray is an example of a parametric vertical coordinate.

>>> romsds.s_rho
<xarray.DataArray 's_rho' (s_rho: 30)>
array([-0.983333, -0.95    , -0.916667, -0.883333, -0.85    , -0.816667,
       -0.783333, -0.75    , -0.716667, -0.683333, -0.65    , -0.616667,
       -0.583333, -0.55    , -0.516667, -0.483333, -0.45    , -0.416667,
       -0.383333, -0.35    , -0.316667, -0.283333, -0.25    , -0.216667,
       -0.183333, -0.15    , -0.116667, -0.083333, -0.05    , -0.016667])
Coordinates:
  * s_rho       (s_rho) float64 -0.9833 -0.95 -0.9167 ... -0.05 -0.01667
    hc          float64 20.0
    h           float64 603.9
    Vtransform  float64 2.0
    Cs_r        (s_rho) float64 -0.933 -0.8092 -0.6988 ... -0.0005206 -5.758e-05
Attributes:
    long_name:      S-coordinate at RHO-points
    valid_min:      -1.0
    valid_max:      0.0
    standard_name:  ocean_s_coordinate_g2
    formula_terms:  s: s_rho C: Cs_r eta: zeta depth: h depth_c: hc
    field:          s_rho, scalar

Now access the formula terms

>>> romsds.s_rho.cf.formula_terms
{'s': 's_rho', 'C': 'Cs_r', 'eta': 'zeta', 'depth': 'h', 'depth_c': 'hc'}