cf.Field

class cf.Field(properties=None, source=None, copy=True, _use_data=True)[source]

Bases: cf.mixin.propertiesdata.PropertiesData, cfdm.field.Field

A field construct of the CF data model.

The field construct is central to the CF data model, and includes all the other constructs. A field corresponds to a CF-netCDF data variable with all of its metadata. All CF-netCDF elements are mapped to a field construct or some element of the CF field construct. The field construct contains all the data and metadata which can be extracted from the file using the CF conventions.

The field construct consists of a data array and the definition of its domain (that describes the locations of each cell of the data array), field ancillary constructs containing metadata defined over the same domain, and cell method constructs to describe how the cell values represent the variation of the physical quantity within the cells of the domain. The domain is defined collectively by the following constructs of the CF data model: domain axis, dimension coordinate, auxiliary coordinate, cell measure, coordinate reference and domain ancillary constructs.

The field construct also has optional properties to describe aspects of the data that are independent of the domain. These correspond to some netCDF attributes of variables (e.g. units, long_name and standard_name), and some netCDF global file attributes (e.g. history and institution).

NetCDF interface

The netCDF variable name of the construct may be accessed with the nc_set_variable, nc_get_variable, nc_del_variable and nc_has_variable methods.

The selection of properties to be written as netCDF global attributes may be accessed with the nc_global_attributes, nc_clear_global_attributes and nc_set_global_attribute methods.

Initialization

Parameters:
properties: dict, optional

Set descriptive properties. The dictionary keys are property names, with corresponding values. Ignored if the source parameter is set.

Parameter example:

properties={'standard_name': 'air_temperature'}

Properties may also be set after initialisation with the set_properties and set_property methods.

source: optional

Initialize the properties, data and metadata constructs from those of source.

copy: bool, optional

If False then do not deep copy input parameters prior to initialization. By default arguments are deep copied.

Inspection

Methods

dump A full description of the field construct.
identity Return the canonical identity.
identities Return all possible identities.

Attributes

construct_type Return a description of the construct type.
id TODO

Selection

Methods

match_by_construct Whether or not metadata constructs satisfy conditions.
match_by_identity Whether or not the construct identity satisfies conditions.
match_by_naxes Whether or not the data has a given dimensionality.
match_by_ncvar Whether or not the construct has a netCDF variable name.
match_by_property Whether or not properties satisfy conditions.
match_by_rank Whether or not the number of domain axis constructs satisfy conditions.
match_by_units Whether or not the construct has given units.

Properties

Methods

del_property Remove a property.
get_property Get a CF property.
has_property Whether a property has been set.
set_property Set a property.
properties Return all properties.
clear_properties Remove all properties.
set_properties Set properties.

Attributes

add_offset The add_offset CF property.
calendar The calendar CF property.
cell_methods Return cell method constructs.
comment The comment CF property.
Conventions The Conventions CF property.
_FillValue The _FillValue CF property.
flag_masks The flag_masks CF property.
flag_meanings The flag_meanings CF property.
flag_values The flag_values CF property.
history The history CF property.
institution The institution CF property.
leap_month The leap_month CF property.
leap_year The leap_year CF property.
long_name The long_name CF property.
missing_value The missing_value CF property.
month_lengths The month_lengths CF property.
references The references CF property.
scale_factor The scale_factor CF property.
source The source CF property.
standard_error_multiplier The standard_error_multiplier CF property.
standard_name The standard_name CF property.
title The title CF property.
units The units CF property.
valid_max The valid_max CF property.
valid_min The valid_min CF property.
valid_range The valid_range CF property.

Units

override_units Override the units.
override_calendar Override the calendar of date-time units.
Units The cf.Units object containing the units of the data array.

Data

Methods

del_data Remove the data.
get_data Return the data.
has_data Whether a data has been set.
set_data Set the field construct data.
del_data_axes Remove the keys of the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of the field or of a metadata construct.
get_data_axes Return the keys of the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of a metadata construct.
has_data_axes Whether the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of the field or of a metadata construct have been set.
set_data_axes Set the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of the field or of a metadata construct.

Attributes

array A numpy array deep copy of the data array.
data The Data object containing the data array.
datetime_array An independent numpy array of date-time objects.
datum Return an element of the data array as a standard Python scalar.
dtype The numpy data type of the data array.
ndim The number of dimensions in the data array.
shape A tuple of the data array’s dimension sizes.
size The number of elements in the data array.
varray A numpy array view of the data array.

Rearranging elements

anchor Roll a cyclic axis so that the given value lies in the first coordinate cell.
flip Flip (reverse the direction of) axes of the field.
insert_dimension Insert a size 1 axis into the data array.
roll Roll the field along a cyclic axis.
squeeze Remove size-1 axes from the data array.
transpose Permute the axes of the data array.
unsqueeze Insert size 1 axes into the data array.

Data array mask

binary_mask A binary (0 and 1) missing data mask of the data array.
count Count the non-masked elements of the data.
hardmask Whether the mask is hard (True) or soft (False).
fill_value Return the data array missing data value.
mask The mask of the data array.

Changing data values

__setitem__ Called to implement assignment to x[indices]=value
indices Create indices based on domain metadata that define a subspace of the field.
mask_invalid Mask the array where invalid values occur.
subspace Create a subspace of the field.
where Assign to data elements depending on a condition.

Miscellaneous

chunk Partition the data array.
close Close all files referenced by the field.
cyclic Set the cyclicity of an axis.
files Return the names of any files containing parts of the data array.

Metadata constructs

Methods

construct Select a metadata construct by its identity.
construct_key Select the key of a metadata construct by its identity.
del_construct Remove a metadata construct.
get_construct Return a metadata construct.
has_construct Whather a metadata construct exisits.
set_construct Set a metadata construct.
replace_construct Replace a metadata construct.
del_data_axes Remove the keys of the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of the field or of a metadata construct.
get_data_axes Return the keys of the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of a metadata construct.
has_data_axes Whether the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of the field or of a metadata construct have been set.
set_data_axes Set the domain axis constructs spanned by the data of the field or of a metadata construct.
auxiliary_coordinate Return an auxiliary coordinate construct, or its key.
cell_measure Select a cell measure construct by its identity.
cell_method Select a cell method construct by its identity.
coordinate Return a dimension coordinate construct, or its key.
coordinate_reference Return a coordinate reference construct, or its key.
dimension_coordinate Return a dimension coordinate construct, or its key.
domain_ancillary Return a domain ancillary construct, or its key.
domain_axis Return a domain axis construct, or its key.
domain_axis_key Return the key of the domain axis construct that is spanned by 1-d coordinate constructs.
domain_axis_position Return the position in the data of a domain axis construct.
field_ancillary Return a field ancillary construct, or its key.

Attributes

constructs Return the metdata constructs.
auxiliary_coordinates Return auxiliary coordinate constructs.
cell_measures Return cell measure constructs.
cell_methods Return cell method constructs.
coordinates Return dimension and auxiliary coordinate constructs.
coordinate_references Return coordinate reference constructs.
dimension_coordinates Return dimension coordinate constructs.
domain_ancillaries Return domain ancillary constructs.
domain_axes Return domain axis constructs.
axes Return domain axis constructs.
field_ancillaries Return field ancillary constructs.

Domain

Methods

get_domain Return the domain.

Attributes

domain Return the domain.

Miscellaneous

Methods

copy Return a deep copy of the field construct.
equals Whether two field constructs are the same.
convert Convert a metadata construct into a new field construct.
cf.Field.concatenate Join a sequence of fields together.

NetCDF

Methods

nc_del_variable Remove the netCDF variable name.
nc_get_variable Return the netCDF variable name.
nc_has_variable Whether the netCDF variable name has been set.
nc_set_variable Set the netCDF variable name.
nc_global_attributes Return the selection of properties to be written as netCDF global attributes.
nc_clear_global_attributes Remove the selection of properties to be written as netCDF global attributes.
nc_set_global_attribute Select a property to be written as a netCDF global attribute.
dataset_compliance A report of problems encountered whilst reading the field construct from a dataset.

Domain axes

autocyclic Set dimensions to be cyclic.
axes Return domain axis constructs.
cf.Field.axes_sizes
axis Alias of cf.Field.domain_axis.
axis_name Return the canonical name for an axis.
axis_size Return the size of a domain axis construct.
cyclic Set the cyclicity of an axis.
data_axes Return the domain axes for the data array dimensions.
iscyclic Returns True if the given axis is cyclic.
item_axes Return the axes of a domain item of the field.
items_axes Return the axes of items of the field.
period Return the period of an axis.

Subspacing

__getitem__ Return a subspace of the field construct defined by indices.
subspace Create a subspace of the field.
indices Create indices based on domain metadata that define a subspace of the field.

Mathematical operations

Trigonometrical functions

cos Take the trigonometric cosine of the data, element-wise.
sin The trigonometric sine of the data, element-wise.
tan The trigonometric tangent of the data, element-wise.

Rounding and truncation

ceil The ceiling of the data, element-wise.
clip Limit the values in the data.
floor Floor the data array, element-wise.
rint Round the data to the nearest integer, element-wise.
round Round the data to the given number of decimals.
trunc Truncate the data, element-wise.

Statistical collapses

collapse Collapse axes of the field.
cell_area Return a field containing horizontal cell areas.
max The maximum of the data array.
mean The unweighted mean the data array.
mid_range The unweighted average of the maximum and minimum of the data array.
min The minimum of the data array.
range The absolute difference between the maximum and minimum of the data array.
sample_size The number of non-missing data elements in the data array.
sum The sum of the data array.
sd The unweighted sample standard deviation of the data array.
var The unweighted sample variance of the data array.
weights Return weights for the data array values.

Exponential and logarithmic functions

exp The exponential of the data, element-wise.
log The logarithm of the data array.

Derivatives

derivative Return the derivative along the specified axis.

Convolution filters

convolution_filter Return the field convolved along the given axis with the specified filter.

Cumulative sums

cumsum Return the field cumulatively summed along the given axis.

Data array operations

Adding and removing elements

unique The unique elements of the data.

Miscellaneous data array operations

chunk Partition the data array.
isscalar True if the data array is scalar.

Regridding operations

regridc Return the field with the specified Cartesian axes regridded onto a new grid.
regrids Return the field regridded onto a new latitude-longitude grid.

Date-time operations

day The day of each date-time data array element.
datetime_array An independent numpy array of date-time objects.
hour The hour of each date-time data array element.
minute The minute of each date-time data array element.
month The month of each date-time data array element.
second The second of each date-time data array element.
year The year of each date-time data array element.
convert_reference_time Convert reference time data values to have new units.

Logic functions

Truth value testing

all Test whether all data elements evaluate to True.
any Test whether any data elements evaluate to True.

Comparison

allclose Test whether all data are element-wise equal to other, broadcastable data.
equals Whether two field constructs are the same.
equivalent True if two fields are equivalent, False otherwise.
cf.Field.equivalent_data
cf.Field.equivalent_domain

Set operations

unique The unique elements of the data.

Miscellaneous

Flags A Flags object containing self-describing CF flag values.
has_bounds Whether or not there are cell bounds.
isauxiliary True if the variable is an auxiliary coordinate object.
isdimension True if the variable is a dimension coordinate object.
ismeasure True if the variable is a cell measure object.
rank The number of axes in the domain.
T True if and only if the data are coordinates for a CF ‘T’ axis.
X Always False.
Y Always False.
Z Always False.

Aliases

Methods

aux Alias for cf.Field.auxiliary_coordinate.
auxs Alias for cf.Field.auxiliary_coordinates.
axis Alias of cf.Field.domain_axis.
coord Alias for cf.Field.coordinate.
coords Alias for cf.Field.coordinates.
dim Alias for cf.Field.dimension_coordinate.
dims Alias for cf.Field.dimension_coordinates.
domain_anc Alias for cf.Field.domain_ancillary.
domain_ancs Alias for cf.Field.domain_ancillaries.
field_anc Alias for cf.Field.field_ancillary.
field_ancs Alias for cf.Field.field_ancillaries.
item Alias for cf.Field.construct`.
items Alias for c.Field.constructs.filter_by_data.
key Alias for cf.Field.construct_key.
match Alias for match_by_identity.
measure Alias for cf.Field.cell_measure.
measures Alias for cf.Field.cell_measures.
ref Alias for cf.Field.coordinate_reference.
refs Alias for cf.Field.coordinate_references.

Attributes

dtarray Alias for datetime_array.

Arithmetic and comparison operations

Arithmetic, bitwise and comparison operations are defined on a field construct as element-wise operations on its data which yield a new field construct or, for augmented assignments, modify the field construct’s data in-place.

Relational operators

__lt__ The rich comparison operator <
__le__ The rich comparison operator <=
__eq__ The rich comparison operator ==
__ne__ The rich comparison operator !=
__gt__ The rich comparison operator >
__ge__ The rich comparison operator >=

Binary arithmetic operators

__add__ The binary arithmetic operation +
__sub__ The binary arithmetic operation -
__mul__ The binary arithmetic operation *
__div__ The binary arithmetic operation /
__truediv__ The binary arithmetic operation / (true division)
__floordiv__ The binary arithmetic operation //
__pow__ The binary arithmetic operations ** and pow
__mod__ The binary arithmetic operation %

Binary arithmetic operators with reflected (swapped) operands

__radd__ The binary arithmetic operation + with reflected operands
__rsub__ The binary arithmetic operation - with reflected operands
__rmul__ The binary arithmetic operation * with reflected operands
__rdiv__ The binary arithmetic operation / with reflected operands
__rtruediv__ The binary arithmetic operation / (true division) with reflected operands
__rfloordiv__ The binary arithmetic operation // with reflected operands
__rpow__ The binary arithmetic operations ** and pow with reflected operands
__rmod__ The binary arithmetic operation % with reflected operands

Augmented arithmetic assignments

__iadd__ The augmented arithmetic assignment +=
__isub__ The augmented arithmetic assignment -=
__imul__ The augmented arithmetic assignment *=
__idiv__ The augmented arithmetic assignment /=
__itruediv__ The augmented arithmetic assignment /= (true division)
__ifloordiv__ The augmented arithmetic assignment //=
__ipow__ The augmented arithmetic assignment **=
__imod__ The binary arithmetic operation %=

Unary arithmetic operators

__neg__ The unary arithmetic operation -
__pos__ The unary arithmetic operation +
__abs__ The unary arithmetic operation abs

Binary bitwise operators

__and__ The binary bitwise operation &
__or__ The binary bitwise operation |
__xor__ The binary bitwise operation ^
__lshift__ The binary bitwise operation <<
__rshift__ The binary bitwise operation >>

Binary bitwise operators with reflected (swapped) operands

__rand__ The binary bitwise operation & with reflected operands
__ror__ The binary bitwise operation | with reflected operands
__rxor__ The binary bitwise operation ^ with reflected operands
__rlshift__ The binary bitwise operation << with reflected operands
__rrshift__ The binary bitwise operation >> with reflected operands

Augmented bitwise assignments

__iand__ The augmented bitwise assignment &=
__ior__ The augmented bitwise assignment |=
__ixor__ The augmented bitwise assignment ^=
__ilshift__ The augmented bitwise assignment <<=
__irshift__ The augmented bitwise assignment >>=

Unary bitwise operators

__invert__ The unary bitwise operation ~

Special

Methods

__deepcopy__ Called by the copy.deepcopy function.
__getitem__ Return a subspace of the field construct defined by indices.
__repr__ Called by the repr built-in function.
__str__ Called by the str built-in function.