Profiles: grib

This is the definition of the built-in "grib" profile for the Xarray engine: overview.

TableDictionaryYAML

Name	Value
variable_key	‘param’
drop_variables	[]
rename_variables	{}
mono_variable	False
extra_dims	[]
drop_dims	[]
ensure_dims	[]
fixed_dims	[]
split_dims	[]
rename_dims	{}
dims_as_attrs	[]
time_dim_mode	‘forecast’
level_dim_mode	‘level’
squeeze	True
attrs_mode	‘fixed’
attrs	[]
variable_attrs	[‘cfName’, ‘name’, ‘units’, ‘typeOfLevel’]
global_attrs	[{‘Conventions’: ‘CF-1.8’}, {‘institution’: ‘ECMWF’}]
add_earthkit_attrs	True
rename_attrs	{‘cfName’: ‘standard_name’, ‘name’: ‘long_name’}
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	{‘number’: ‘number’, ‘date’: ‘dataDate’, ‘time’: ‘dataTime’, ‘step’: ‘step_timedelta’, ‘forecast_reference_time’: None, ‘valid_time’: None, ‘level’: ‘level’, ‘level_type’: ‘typeOfLevel’}
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

{‘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’}, ‘level’: {‘key’: ‘typeOfLevel’, ‘depthBelowLand’: {‘units’: ‘m’, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘long_name’: ‘soil depth’, ‘standard_name’: ‘depth’}, ‘depthBelowLandLayer’: {‘units’: ‘m’, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘long_name’: ‘soil depth’, ‘standard_name’: ‘depth’}, ‘generalVerticalLayer’: {‘units’: 1, ‘long_name’: ‘general vertical layer’, ‘standard_name’: ‘unknown’}, ‘heightAboveGround’: {‘units’: ‘m’, ‘positive’: ‘up’, ‘long_name’: ‘height above the surface’, ‘standard_name’: ‘height’}, ‘heightAboveSea’: {‘units’: ‘m’, ‘positive’: ‘up’, ‘long_name’: ‘height above mean sea level’, ‘standard_name’: ‘height_above_mean_sea_level’}, ‘hybrid’: {‘units’: 1, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘long_name’: ‘hybrid level’, ‘standard_name’: ‘atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate’}, ‘isobaricInhPa’: {‘units’: ‘hPa’, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘stored_direction’: ‘decreasing’, ‘standard_name’: ‘air_pressure’, ‘long_name’: ‘pressure’}, ‘isobaricInPa’: {‘units’: ‘Pa’, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘stored_direction’: ‘decreasing’, ‘standard_name’: ‘air_pressure’, ‘long_name’: ‘pressure’}, ‘isobaricLayer’: {‘units’: ‘Pa’, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘stored_direction’: ‘decreasing’, ‘standard_name’: ‘air_pressure’, ‘long_name’: ‘pressure’}, ‘meanSea’: {‘long_name’: ‘mean sea level’, ‘standard_name’: ‘height’}, ‘potentialVorticity’: {‘units’: ‘10-9 K m2 kg-1 s-1’, ‘long_name’: ‘potential vorticity’, ‘standard_name’: ‘ertel_potential_vorticity’}, ‘snowLayer’: {‘units’: 1, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘long_name’: ‘snow layer’, ‘standard_name’: ‘unknown’}, ‘surface’: {‘long_name’: ‘surface’, ‘standard_name’: ‘surface’}, ‘theta’: {‘units’: ‘K’, ‘positive’: ‘up’, ‘long_name’: ‘air_potential_temperature’, ‘standard_name’: ‘air_potential_temperature’}}, ‘levelist’: {‘key’: ‘levtype’, ‘ml’: {‘units’: 1, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘stored_direction’: ‘decreasing’, ‘standard_name’: ‘air_pressure’, ‘long_name’: ‘pressure’}, ‘pl’: {‘units’: ‘hPa’, ‘positive’: ‘down’, ‘stored_direction’: ‘decreasing’, ‘standard_name’: ‘air_pressure’, ‘long_name’: ‘pressure’}, ‘pt’: {‘units’: ‘K’, ‘positive’: ‘up’, ‘long_name’: ‘potential temperature’, ‘standard_name’: ‘height’}, ‘pv’: {‘units’: ‘1O-9 K m2 kg-1 s-1’, ‘positive’: ‘up’, ‘long_name’: ‘potential vorticity’, ‘standard_name’: ‘height’}, ‘sfc’: {‘long_name’: ‘surface’, ‘standard_name’: ‘surface’}, ‘sol’: {‘units’: 1, ‘long_name’: ‘snow layer’, ‘standard_name’: ‘unknown’}}}