Profiles: earthkit

This is the definition of the built-in "earthkit" profile for the Xarray engine. This is the default profile used when no profile is specified. It is using the format independent metadata keys from Field to generate the Xarray dataset.

TableDictionaryYAML

Name	Value
variable_key	‘parameter.variable’
drop_variables	[]
rename_variables	{}
mono_variable	False
extra_dims	[]
drop_dims	[]
ensure_dims	[]
fixed_dims	[]
split_dims	[]
rename_dims	{}
dims_as_attrs	[]
time_dims	[‘forecast_reference_time’, ‘step’]
level_dim_mode	‘level’
squeeze	True
attrs_mode	‘fixed’
attrs	[]
variable_attrs	[‘parameter.standard_name’, ‘parameter.long_name’, ‘parameter.units’, ‘vertical.level_type’]
global_attrs	[{‘Conventions’: ‘CF-1.8’}, {‘institution’: ‘ECMWF’}]
add_earthkit_attrs	True
rename_attrs	{}
add_valid_time_coord	False
add_geo_coords	True
decode_times	True
decode_timedelta	None
flatten_values	False
dtype	‘float64’
array_namespace	‘numpy’
lazy_load	True
release_source	False
direct_backend	False
strict	False
errors	‘raise’
allow_holes	False
dim_roles	{‘member’: ‘ensemble.member’, ‘forecast_reference_time’: ‘time.forecast_reference_time’, ‘step’: ‘time.step’, ‘valid_time’: ‘time.valid_datetime’, ‘date’: ‘time.base_date’, ‘time’: ‘time.base_time’, ‘level’: ‘vertical.level’, ‘level_type’: ‘vertical.level_type’}
dim_name_from_role_name	True

Please note that the following options cannot be specified as a kwarg to to_xarray().

Name

Value

coord_attrs

{‘member’: {‘standard_name’: ‘realization’, ‘long_name’: ‘ensemble member id’}, ‘latitude’: {‘units’: ‘degrees_north’, ‘standard_name’: ‘latitude’, ‘long_name’: ‘latitude’}, ‘longitude’: {‘units’: ‘degrees_east’, ‘standard_name’: ‘longitude’, ‘long_name’: ‘longitude’}, ‘forecast_reference_time’: {‘standard_name’: ‘forecast_reference_time’, ‘long_name’: ‘initial time of forecast’}, ‘step’: {‘standard_name’: ‘forecast_period’, ‘long_name’: ‘time since forecast_reference_time’}, ‘forecast_period’: {‘standard_name’: ‘forecast_period’, ‘long_name’: ‘time since forecast_reference_time’}, ‘valid_time’: {‘standard_name’: ‘time’, ‘long_name’: ‘valid_time’}}